diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index b9dba9e33b42..3aabd5beeddb 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-02-17  Ira Rosen  <irar@il.ibm.com>
+
+        * tree-data-ref.c (array_base_name_differ_p): Remove gcc_assert.
+
 2005-02-17  Ira Rosen  <irar@il.ibm.com>
 
 	* tree-vect-analyze.c (vect_analyze_pointer_ref_access): Use
diff --git a/gcc/tree-data-ref.c b/gcc/tree-data-ref.c
index 55b34fbb73fb..7987f66390f1 100644
--- a/gcc/tree-data-ref.c
+++ b/gcc/tree-data-ref.c
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ array_base_name_differ_p (struct data_reference *a,
   ta = TREE_TYPE (base_a);
   tb = TREE_TYPE (base_b);
   
-  gcc_assert (!POINTER_TYPE_P (ta) && !POINTER_TYPE_P (tb));
-
   /* Determine if same base.  Example: for the array accesses
      a[i], b[i] or pointer accesses *a, *b, bases are a, b.  */
   if (base_a == base_b)