diff --git a/libavcodec/4xm.c b/libavcodec/4xm.c
index 21bde52feed96480b8122608352b484ea882e023..0ae10d59055823452c99437a864cface46853341 100644
--- a/libavcodec/4xm.c
+++ b/libavcodec/4xm.c
@@ -415,15 +415,6 @@ static int decode_p_frame(FourXContext *f, const uint8_t *buf, int length){
         dst += 8*stride;
     }
 
-    if(   bitstream_size != (get_bits_count(&f->gb)+31)/32*4
-       || (((const char*)f->wordstream - (const char*)buf + 2)&~2) != extra + bitstream_size + wordstream_size
-       || (((const char*)f->bytestream - (const char*)buf + 3)&~3) != extra + bitstream_size + wordstream_size + bytestream_size)
-        av_log(f->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, " %d %td %td bytes left\n",
-            bitstream_size - (get_bits_count(&f->gb)+31)/32*4,
-            -(((const char*)f->bytestream - (const char*)buf + 3)&~3) + (extra + bitstream_size + wordstream_size + bytestream_size),
-            -(((const char*)f->wordstream - (const char*)buf + 2)&~2) + (extra + bitstream_size + wordstream_size)
-        );
-
     return 0;
 }