diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvabasedec.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvabasedec.c
index 4ede328157..ad1e4fd5f9 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvabasedec.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvabasedec.c
@@ -1152,12 +1152,6 @@ gst_va_base_dec_process_output (GstVaBaseDec * base, GstVideoCodecFrame * frame,
   GstVideoDecoder *vdec = GST_VIDEO_DECODER (base);
 
   if (input_state) {
-
-    g_assert (GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH (&input_state->info) ==
-        GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH (&base->input_state->info)
-        && GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT (&input_state->info) ==
-        GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT (&input_state->info));
-
     g_clear_pointer (&base->input_state, gst_video_codec_state_unref);
     base->input_state = gst_video_codec_state_ref (input_state);