diff --git a/libavformat/avidec.c b/libavformat/avidec.c
index 1e8481e001..96edfa88ea 100644
--- a/libavformat/avidec.c
+++ b/libavformat/avidec.c
@@ -1857,7 +1857,6 @@ static int avi_read_seek(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index,
             continue;
 
 //        av_assert1(st2->codecpar->block_align);
-        av_assert0(fabs(av_q2d(st2->time_base) - ast2->scale / (double)ast2->rate) < av_q2d(st2->time_base) * 0.00000001);
         index = av_index_search_timestamp(st2,
                                           av_rescale_q(timestamp,
                                                        st->time_base,