diff --git content/browser/renderer_host/navigation_policy_container_builder.cc content/browser/renderer_host/navigation_policy_container_builder.cc
index 5695fd36ce0e0..b109cefdeef6f 100644
--- content/browser/renderer_host/navigation_policy_container_builder.cc
+++ content/browser/renderer_host/navigation_policy_container_builder.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<PolicyContainerPolicies> GetInitiatorPolicies(
       RenderFrameHostImpl::GetPolicyContainerHost(
           frame_token, initiator_process_id, storage_partition);
 
-  DCHECK(initiator_policy_container_host);
   if (!initiator_policy_container_host) {
     // Guard against wrong tokens being passed accidentally.
     return nullptr;