diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/handler/handler0alter.cc b/storage/innodb_plugin/handler/handler0alter.cc
index 0422abb0021038b3704977949af8d8590dd924f0..b3ecd02f5752d84d2e72f17b64a7640056f17d11 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/handler/handler0alter.cc
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/handler/handler0alter.cc
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ innobase_col_to_mysql(
 	case DATA_MYSQL:
 		ut_ad(flen >= len);
 		ut_ad(col->mbmaxlen >= col->mbminlen);
-		ut_ad(col->mbmaxlen > col->mbminlen || flen == len);
 		memcpy(dest, data, len);
 		break;