diff --git a/crates/polars-stream/src/nodes/parquet_source/row_group_decode.rs b/crates/polars-stream/src/nodes/parquet_source/row_group_decode.rs
index a0f48b70f919..dc8fe611eafd 100644
--- a/crates/polars-stream/src/nodes/parquet_source/row_group_decode.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-stream/src/nodes/parquet_source/row_group_decode.rs
@@ -639,8 +639,6 @@ fn decode_column_prefiltered(
         deserialize_filter,
     )?;
 
-    assert_eq!(array.len(), expected_num_rows);
-
     let column = Series::try_from((arrow_field, array))?.into_column();
 
     let column = if !prefilter {