diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.cpp
@@ -1048,9 +1048,6 @@
           genericOp.getMatchingIndexingMap(outputOpOperand.value());
       auto key = std::make_tuple(outputOpOperand.value()->get(), indexingMap,
                                  yieldOp->getOperand(outputOpOperand.index()));
-      assert(static_cast<std::size_t>(genericOp.getNumOutputs()) >=
-                 outputOpOperand.index() &&
-             "Output op idx greater than number of outputs.");
       if (isResultValueDead(genericOp, result)) {
         // Check if the opoperand can be dropped without affecting loop
         // bound computation. Add the operand to the list of dropped op