diff --git a/src/core/iomgr/pollset_multipoller_with_epoll.c b/src/core/iomgr/pollset_multipoller_with_epoll.c
index fe66ebed77914..8f62ce2954bee 100644
--- a/src/core/iomgr/pollset_multipoller_with_epoll.c
+++ b/src/core/iomgr/pollset_multipoller_with_epoll.c
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ static void perform_delayed_add(void *arg, int iomgr_status) {
   if (da->pollset->shutting_down) {
     /* We don't care about this pollset anymore. */
     if (da->pollset->in_flight_cbs == 0 && !da->pollset->called_shutdown) {
-      GPR_ASSERT(!grpc_pollset_has_workers(da->pollset));
       da->pollset->called_shutdown = 1;
       do_shutdown_cb = 1;
     }