diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index f49f1a7f35..43c6cf8f52 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -335,10 +335,11 @@ static bool tcg_resolve_relocs(TCGContext *s)
 
 static void set_jmp_reset_offset(TCGContext *s, int which)
 {
-    size_t off = tcg_current_code_size(s);
-    s->tb_jmp_reset_offset[which] = off;
-    /* Make sure that we didn't overflow the stored offset.  */
-    assert(s->tb_jmp_reset_offset[which] == off);
+    /*
+     * We will check for overflow at the end of the opcode loop in
+     * tcg_gen_code, where we bound tcg_current_code_size to UINT16_MAX.
+     */
+    s->tb_jmp_reset_offset[which] = tcg_current_code_size(s);
 }
 
 #include "tcg-target.c.inc"