diff --git a/src/runtime2/component/component_pdl.rs b/src/runtime2/component/component_pdl.rs
index 2227d58f69243c627a582a07643868bfbbd6ea36..0f2fd6c887a4062a0dff4fccee2df85abde65ce4 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/component/component_pdl.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/component/component_pdl.rs
@@ -431,7 +431,6 @@ impl Component for CompPDL {
                 return CompScheduling::Requeue;
             },
             EC::NewChannel => {
-                debug_assert_eq!(self.exec_state.mode, CompMode::NonSync);
                 debug_assert!(self.exec_ctx.stmt.is_none());
                 let channel = comp_ctx.create_channel();
                 self.exec_ctx.stmt = ExecStmt::CreatedChannel((