From 64b64cce6028df62bf6ce7105f436ab2405ef534 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Lu <Jack.S.Lu@ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:28:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Remove redundant assertion to avoid acquiring VMAccess

Removing the check prevents any incorrect referencing without VMAccess
while GC is modifying the threadObject reference.

Signed-off-by: Jack Lu <Jack.S.Lu@ibm.com>
---
 runtime/j9vm/javanextvmi.cpp | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/runtime/j9vm/javanextvmi.cpp b/runtime/j9vm/javanextvmi.cpp
index 13e6e21810a..3386dd61d6b 100644
--- a/runtime/j9vm/javanextvmi.cpp
+++ b/runtime/j9vm/javanextvmi.cpp
@@ -557,7 +557,6 @@ JVM_VirtualThreadHideFrames(JNIEnv *env, jobject vthread, jboolean hide)
 {
 	J9VMThread *currentThread = (J9VMThread *)env;
 
-	Assert_SC_true(IS_JAVA_LANG_VIRTUALTHREAD(currentThread, currentThread->threadObject));
 	if (hide) {
 		Assert_SC_true(J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET(currentThread->privateFlags, J9_PRIVATE_FLAGS_VIRTUAL_THREAD_HIDDEN_FRAMES));
 	} else {