diff --git a/server/modules/routing/readwritesplit/readwritesplit.cc b/server/modules/routing/readwritesplit/readwritesplit.cc
index d0e1dd887..7f13893fc 100644
--- a/server/modules/routing/readwritesplit/readwritesplit.cc
+++ b/server/modules/routing/readwritesplit/readwritesplit.cc
@@ -415,8 +415,6 @@ json_t* RWSplit::diagnostics_json() const
 
     for (const auto& a : all_server_stats())
     {
-        mxb_assert(a.second.total == a.second.read + a.second.write);
-
         ServerStats::CurrentStats stats = a.second.current_stats();
 
         json_t* obj = json_object();