diff --git a/storage/innobase/buf/buf0flu.cc b/storage/innobase/buf/buf0flu.cc
index f918b88a5ea..1325a938dd6 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/buf/buf0flu.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/buf/buf0flu.cc
@@ -745,7 +745,6 @@ buf_flush_init_for_writing(
 	ib_uint32_t	checksum = 0 /* silence bogus gcc warning */;
 
 	ut_ad(page);
-	ut_ad(!newest_lsn || fil_page_get_type(page));
 
 	if (page_zip_) {
 		page_zip_des_t*	page_zip;
diff --git a/storage/xtradb/buf/buf0flu.cc b/storage/xtradb/buf/buf0flu.cc
index e4512cacff8..eccc7c281c1 100644
--- a/storage/xtradb/buf/buf0flu.cc
+++ b/storage/xtradb/buf/buf0flu.cc
@@ -787,7 +787,6 @@ buf_flush_init_for_writing(
 	ib_uint32_t	checksum = 0 /* silence bogus gcc warning */;
 
 	ut_ad(page);
-	ut_ad(!newest_lsn || fil_page_get_type(page));
 
 	if (page_zip_) {
 		page_zip_des_t*	page_zip;