diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
index 15b06c6c6af2..5a1419a72918 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
@@ -6593,7 +6593,6 @@ static void ipa3_load_ipa_fw(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (result) {
 		IPAERR("IPA FW loading process has failed result=%d\n",
 			result);
-		ipa_assert();
 		return;
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&ipa3_ctx->fw_load_data.lock);