diff --git a/module/zfs/metaslab.c b/module/zfs/metaslab.c
index 0983ba143a1d..7237fa8eeb59 100644
--- a/module/zfs/metaslab.c
+++ b/module/zfs/metaslab.c
@@ -5105,7 +5105,6 @@ metaslab_group_alloc(metaslab_group_t *mg, zio_alloc_list_t *zal,
     int allocator, boolean_t try_hard)
 {
 	uint64_t offset;
-	ASSERT(mg->mg_initialized);
 
 	offset = metaslab_group_alloc_normal(mg, zal, asize, txg, want_unique,
 	    dva, d, allocator, try_hard);
@@ -5256,8 +5255,6 @@ metaslab_alloc_dva(spa_t *spa, metaslab_class_t *mc, uint64_t psize,
 			goto next;
 		}
 
-		ASSERT(mg->mg_initialized);
-
 		/*
 		 * Avoid writing single-copy data to an unhealthy,
 		 * non-redundant vdev, unless we've already tried all