diff --git a/db/db_compaction_test.cc b/db/db_compaction_test.cc
index c1ca17b1d..50dce8f6d 100644
--- a/db/db_compaction_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_compaction_test.cc
@@ -5183,7 +5183,6 @@ TEST_P(DBCompactionTestWithParam,
   // Put one key, to make biggest log sequence number in this memtable is bigger
   // than sst which would be ingested in next step.
   ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(2), "b"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(10, NumTableFilesAtLevel(0));
   dbfull()->TEST_WaitForCompact();
   ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
   std::vector<std::vector<FileMetaData>> level_to_files;