diff --git a/sql/resourcegroups/resource_group_mgr.h b/sql/resourcegroups/resource_group_mgr.h
index abb7028..82579f5 100644
--- a/sql/resourcegroups/resource_group_mgr.h
+++ b/sql/resourcegroups/resource_group_mgr.h
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ class Resource_group_mgr {
   */
 
   void set_res_grp_in_pfs(const char *name, int length, ulonglong thread_id) {
-    assert(m_resource_group_support);
     m_resource_group_svc->set_thread_resource_group_by_id(
         nullptr, thread_id, name, length, nullptr);
   }