diff --git a/selfdrive/boardd/panda.cc b/selfdrive/boardd/panda.cc
index 0b8630b0c0..329ce91c44 100644
--- a/selfdrive/boardd/panda.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/boardd/panda.cc
@@ -399,8 +399,7 @@ void Panda::pack_can_buffer(const capnp::List<cereal::CanData>::Reader &can_data
     }
     auto can_data = cmsg.getDat();
     uint8_t data_len_code = len_to_dlc(can_data.size());
-    assert(can_data.size() <= ((hw_type == cereal::PandaState::PandaType::RED_PANDA ||
-                                hw_type == cereal::PandaState::PandaType::RED_PANDA_V2) ? 64 : 8));
+    assert(can_data.size() <= 64);
     assert(can_data.size() == dlc_to_len[data_len_code]);
 
     can_header header;