diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/cpy.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/cpy.cu
index 7fb8d9db..04aa3e26 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/cpy.cu
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/cpy.cu
@@ -377,9 +377,6 @@ void ggml_cuda_cpy(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, const ggml_tensor * src0, gg
     const int64_t ne = ggml_nelements(src0);
     GGML_ASSERT(ne == ggml_nelements(src1));
 
-    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_nbytes(src0) <= INT_MAX);
-    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_nbytes(src1) <= INT_MAX);
-
     const int64_t ne00 = src0->ne[0];
     const int64_t ne01 = src0->ne[1];
     const int64_t ne02 = src0->ne[2];