diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageFileDriverTimeout.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageFileDriverTimeout.cpp
index 982c9ab676..2f2bcaeb3d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageFileDriverTimeout.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageFileDriverTimeout.cpp
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ void ThreadedFileWorker::HandleRequest( int iRequest )
 		break;
 
 	case REQ_FLUSH_DIR_CACHE:
-		ASSERT( !m_sRequestPath.empty() );
 		m_pChildDriver->FlushDirCache( m_sRequestPath );
 		break;