diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 504858d6dc..3f47aff0d8 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-01-27  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* procfs.c (procfs_make_note_section): Remove assertion and
+	associated comment.
+
 2014-01-24  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* remote.c (remote_read_bytes): Change type of len to ULONGEST.
diff --git a/gdb/procfs.c b/gdb/procfs.c
index 0ed788e524..2383366ab3 100644
--- a/gdb/procfs.c
+++ b/gdb/procfs.c
@@ -5518,9 +5518,6 @@ procfs_make_note_section (bfd *obfd, int *note_size)
   thread_args.stop_signal = stop_signal;
   proc_iterate_over_threads (pi, procfs_corefile_thread_callback,
 			     &thread_args);
-
-  /* There should be always at least one thread.  */
-  gdb_assert (thread_args.note_data != note_data);
   note_data = thread_args.note_data;
 
   auxv_len = target_read_alloc (&current_target, TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV,