Index: openmp/runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp
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--- openmp/runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp
+++ openmp/runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp
@@ -8827,7 +8827,6 @@
 
   int team_size;
 
-  KMP_DEBUG_ASSERT(loc); // it would be nice to test ( loc != 0 )
   KMP_DEBUG_ASSERT(lck); // it would be nice to test ( lck != 0 )
 
 #define FAST_REDUCTION_ATOMIC_METHOD_GENERATED                                 \