diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index e572d2c4162..f7980686c19 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-08-29  Xinliang David Li  <davidxl@google.com>
+
+	* tree-vect-data-refs.c (vect_compute_data_ref_alignment):
+	Remove a trivial gcc_assert.
+
 2013-08-29  Xinliang David Li  <davidxl@google.com>
 
 	* tree-vect-slp.c (destroy_bb_vec_info): Data ref cleanup.
diff --git a/gcc/tree-vect-data-refs.c b/gcc/tree-vect-data-refs.c
index 8bd8aeaefcb..230e302acf6 100644
--- a/gcc/tree-vect-data-refs.c
+++ b/gcc/tree-vect-data-refs.c
@@ -763,7 +763,6 @@ vect_compute_data_ref_alignment (struct data_reference *dr)
           dump_generic_expr (MSG_NOTE, TDF_SLIM, ref);
         }
 
-      gcc_assert (dr->aux);
       ((dataref_aux *)dr->aux)->base_decl = base;
       ((dataref_aux *)dr->aux)->base_misaligned = true;
     }