diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 88ea85980e..01f4453988 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-11-07  Jose E. Marchesi  <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>
+
+	* sparc-tdep.c (sparc_analyze_control_transfer): Assertion
+	removed to allow analyzing unconditional branch instructions
+	with PC-relative offsets of zero.
+
 2013-11-07  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* mi/mi-cmd-var.c: Include "language.h".
diff --git a/gdb/sparc-tdep.c b/gdb/sparc-tdep.c
index 880d276888..53014a0e55 100644
--- a/gdb/sparc-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/sparc-tdep.c
@@ -1538,7 +1538,6 @@ sparc_analyze_control_transfer (struct frame_info *frame,
 	  if (X_A (insn))
 	    *npc = 0;
 
-	  gdb_assert (offset != 0);
 	  return pc + offset;
 	}
     }