diff --git a/src/caffe/solver.cpp b/src/caffe/solver.cpp
index 1c1a9e59565..fd4c03724ef 100644
--- a/src/caffe/solver.cpp
+++ b/src/caffe/solver.cpp
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ string Solver<Dtype>::SnapshotToHDF5() {
 
 template <typename Dtype>
 void Solver<Dtype>::Restore(const char* state_file) {
-  CHECK(Caffe::root_solver());
   string state_filename(state_file);
   if (state_filename.size() >= 3 &&
       state_filename.compare(state_filename.size() - 3, 3, ".h5") == 0) {