diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 65952c465b..0487dab28f 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-10-17  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
+
+	* regcache.c (regcache::xfer_part): Remove assertion.
+
 2017-10-17  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* xml-support.c (xml_fetch_content_from_file): Call
diff --git a/gdb/regcache.c b/gdb/regcache.c
index 555db578b6..603d2f211c 100644
--- a/gdb/regcache.c
+++ b/gdb/regcache.c
@@ -932,7 +932,6 @@ regcache::xfer_part (int regnum, int offset, int len, void *in,
     {
       enum register_status status;
 
-      gdb_assert (read != NULL);
       if (is_raw)
 	status = raw_read (regnum, reg);
       else