diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/inmemory_layer/vectored_dio_read.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/inmemory_layer/vectored_dio_read.rs
index db804af6aa..4314d49d93 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/inmemory_layer/vectored_dio_read.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/inmemory_layer/vectored_dio_read.rs
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ where
                 }
                 LogicalReadState::Ongoing(buf) => buf,
                 LogicalReadState::Ok(_) | LogicalReadState::Error(_) => {
-                    debug_assert!(logical_read_state_borrow.is_terminal());
                     continue;
                 }
                 LogicalReadState::Undefined => unreachable!(),