--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/repository/jfrChunk.cpp	Mon Sep 16 12:47:53 2019 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/repository/jfrChunk.cpp	Mon Sep 16 13:50:20 2019 +0200
@@ -189,9 +189,6 @@
 }
 
 void JfrChunk::set_last_metadata_offset(int64_t offset) {
-  if (0 == offset) {
-    return;
-  }
   assert(offset > _last_metadata_offset, "invariant");
   _last_metadata_offset = offset;
 }