diff --git a/src/backend/executor/nodeResultCache.c b/src/backend/executor/nodeResultCache.c
index c8de818c8c..99a2045681 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/nodeResultCache.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/nodeResultCache.c
@@ -286,8 +286,6 @@ entry_purge_tuples(ResultCacheState *rcstate, ResultCacheEntry *entry)
 
 	/* Update the memory accounting */
 	rcstate->mem_used -= freed_mem;
-
-	Assert(rcstate->mem_used >= 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -346,8 +344,6 @@ remove_cache_entry(ResultCacheState *rcstate, ResultCacheEntry *entry)
 	 */
 	rcstate->mem_used -= EMPTY_ENTRY_MEMORY_BYTES(entry);
 
-	Assert(rcstate->mem_used >= 0);
-
 	/* Remove the entry from the cache */
 	resultcache_delete_item(rcstate->hashtable, entry);