diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/track-changes.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/track-changes.el
index 3f3b8d7bed9..1aac53b5f33 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/track-changes.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/track-changes.el
@@ -364,7 +364,9 @@ and re-enable the TRACKER corresponding to ID."
                              track-changes--state))
               ;; Nothing to do.
               nil)
-          (cl-assert (not (memq id track-changes--clean-trackers)))
+          ;; ID may still be in `track-changes--clean-trackers' if
+          ;; `after-change-functions' was skipped.
+          ;;(cl-assert (not (memq id track-changes--clean-trackers)))
           (cl-assert (<= (point-min) beg end (point-max)))
           ;; Update the tracker's state *before* running `func' so we don't risk
           ;; mistakenly replaying the changes in case `func' exits non-locally.