diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index 820fe2e74b0ae7..7525d5d44ba9b6 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -12910,7 +12910,6 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_alibi_f32(
     //const int nb3 = src0->nb[3];
 
     GGML_ASSERT(nb0 == sizeof(float));
-    GGML_ASSERT(ne1 + n_past == ne0);
     GGML_ASSERT(n_head == ne2);
 
     // add alibi to src0 (KQ_scaled)