diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 85b68a744b0..ddf09eae3ef 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-06-01  Diego Novillo  <dnovillo@google.com>
+
+	* lto-streamer-out.c (lto_output_ts_decl_non_common_tree_pointers):
+	Remove assertion for DECL_SAVED_TREE in FUNCTION_DECL nodes.
+
 2011-06-01  Richard Sandiford  <rdsandiford@googlemail.com>
 
 	PR target/45074
diff --git a/gcc/lto-streamer-out.c b/gcc/lto-streamer-out.c
index b3b81bdf917..a95bbdaf97b 100644
--- a/gcc/lto-streamer-out.c
+++ b/gcc/lto-streamer-out.c
@@ -931,11 +931,6 @@ lto_output_ts_decl_non_common_tree_pointers (struct output_block *ob,
 {
   if (TREE_CODE (expr) == FUNCTION_DECL)
     {
-      /* DECL_SAVED_TREE holds the GENERIC representation for DECL.
-	 At this point, it should not exist.  Either because it was
-	 converted to gimple or because DECL didn't have a GENERIC
-	 representation in this TU.  */
-      gcc_assert (DECL_SAVED_TREE (expr) == NULL_TREE);
       lto_output_tree_or_ref (ob, DECL_ARGUMENTS (expr), ref_p);
       lto_output_tree_or_ref (ob, DECL_RESULT (expr), ref_p);
     }