diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaCodeComplete.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaCodeComplete.cpp
index cb84ca6deb20..f730a3a9eaaf 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaCodeComplete.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaCodeComplete.cpp
@@ -369,8 +369,6 @@ getRequiredQualification(ASTContext &Context,
       Result = NestedNameSpecifier::Create(Context, Result,
                                            false,
                                      Context.getTypeDeclType(TD).getTypePtr());
-    else
-      assert(Parent->isTranslationUnit());
   }  
   return Result;
 }