From 8430481986f663c593e5c2e3cb7f8b6a935f01b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Vorlicek <janvorli@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:16:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove assert in PEFile::GetAssemblyLoadContext

The method can return NULL for System.Private.CoreLib during early
runtime initialization stage when the underlying AssemblyLoadContext
doesn't exist yet.
---
 src/coreclr/src/vm/pefile.h | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/coreclr/src/vm/pefile.h b/src/coreclr/src/vm/pefile.h
index 518449d168919..2217a0c224a33 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/src/vm/pefile.h
+++ b/src/coreclr/src/vm/pefile.h
@@ -581,11 +581,13 @@ class PEFile
 
 #endif //!DACCESS_COMPILE
 
+    // Returns AssemblyLoadContext into which the current PEFile was loaded.
+    // It returns NULL for System.Private.CoreLib during early runtime initialization
+    // stage when the related AssemblyLoadContext does not exist yet.
     PTR_AssemblyLoadContext GetAssemblyLoadContext()
     {
         LIMITED_METHOD_CONTRACT;
 
-        _ASSERTE(m_pAssemblyLoadContext != NULL);
         return m_pAssemblyLoadContext;
     }