diff --git a/include/qemu/main-loop.h b/include/qemu/main-loop.h
index 7a4d6a0920..89bd9edefb 100644
--- a/include/qemu/main-loop.h
+++ b/include/qemu/main-loop.h
@@ -270,10 +270,23 @@ bool qemu_mutex_iothread_locked(void);
 bool qemu_in_main_thread(void);
 
 /* Mark and check that the function is part of the global state API. */
+#ifdef CONFIG_COCOA
+/*
+ * When using the Cocoa UI, addRemovableDevicesMenuItems() is called from
+ * a thread different from the QEMU main thread and can not take the BQL,
+ * triggering this assertions in the block layer (commit 0439c5a462).
+ * As the Cocoa fix is not trivial, disable this assertion for the v7.0.0
+ * release (when using Cocoa); we will restore it immediately after the
+ * release.
+ * This issue is tracked as https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/926
+ */
+#define GLOBAL_STATE_CODE()
+#else
 #define GLOBAL_STATE_CODE()                                         \
     do {                                                            \
         assert(qemu_in_main_thread());                              \
     } while (0)
+#endif /* CONFIG_COCOA */
 
 /* Mark and check that the function is part of the I/O API. */
 #define IO_CODE()                                                   \