diff --git a/es2panda/compiler/core/emitter/emitter.cpp b/es2panda/compiler/core/emitter/emitter.cpp
index ecec4eead8b73c44ac1e573fb0d191eb85a1ce38..31e8a224a985fb3a13ccf21d28cd8b3bfbfc8d81 100644
--- a/es2panda/compiler/core/emitter/emitter.cpp
+++ b/es2panda/compiler/core/emitter/emitter.cpp
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ void FunctionEmitter::GenInstructionDebugInfo(const IRNode *ins, panda::pandasm:
     constexpr size_t INVALID_LINE = -1;
     constexpr uint32_t INVALID_COL = -1;
 
-    ASSERT(astNode != nullptr);
-
     if (astNode == FIRST_NODE_OF_FUNCTION) {
         astNode = pg_->Debuginfo().firstStmt;
         if (!astNode) {