diff --git a/src/relay/ir/dataflow_matcher.cc b/src/relay/ir/dataflow_matcher.cc
index 536e65979ee4..44b87633d208 100644
--- a/src/relay/ir/dataflow_matcher.cc
+++ b/src/relay/ir/dataflow_matcher.cc
@@ -643,8 +643,6 @@ class PatternGrouper {
     auto extractor = MatchExtractor(inputs);
     auto body = extractor.Mutate(expr);
 
-    // Verify the pattern still holds
-    ICHECK(DFPatternMatcher(body).Match(pattern_, body));
     group.function = Function(params, body, NullValue<Type>(), Array<TypeVar>());
     group.name = extractor.GetName();
     // Check to make sure we aren't overlapping with another group or creating an invalid fusion
diff --git a/tests/python/relay/test_dataflow_pattern.py b/tests/python/relay/test_dataflow_pattern.py
index 23c0f9366ad9..d4c169bc603e 100644
--- a/tests/python/relay/test_dataflow_pattern.py
+++ b/tests/python/relay/test_dataflow_pattern.py
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ def test_partition_overused():
 
 
 def test_partition_check():
-    pattern = is_op("nn.relu")(is_op("nn.conv2d")(wildcard(), wildcard()))
+    pattern = is_op("nn.relu")(is_op("nn.conv2d")(is_var("input"), wildcard()))
 
     def check(pre):
         return pre.args[0].attrs.data_layout == "NCHW"