diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/compiler.h b/src/coreclr/jit/compiler.h
index 9450c973bf2f4..0c908fd15daa7 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/compiler.h
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/compiler.h
@@ -6223,7 +6223,7 @@ class Compiler
 
     static fgWalkPreFn fgStress64RsltMulCB;
     void               fgStress64RsltMul();
-    void               fgDebugCheckUpdate();
+    void               fgDebugCheckUpdate(const bool doAggressiveCompaction);
 
     void fgDebugCheckBBNumIncreasing();
     void fgDebugCheckBBlist(bool checkBBNum = false, bool checkBBRefs = true);
diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/fgdiagnostic.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/fgdiagnostic.cpp
index 48c7d685ed32a..ffc7a933b5cb5 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/fgdiagnostic.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/fgdiagnostic.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void Compiler::fgPrintEdgeWeights()
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 
-void Compiler::fgDebugCheckUpdate()
+void Compiler::fgDebugCheckUpdate(const bool doAggressiveCompaction)
 {
     if (!compStressCompile(STRESS_CHK_FLOW_UPDATE, 30))
     {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void Compiler::fgDebugCheckUpdate()
 
         /* no un-compacted blocks */
 
-        if (fgCanCompactBlock(block))
+        if (fgCanCompactBlock(block) && (doAggressiveCompaction || block->JumpsToNext()))
         {
             noway_assert(!"Found un-compacted blocks!");
         }
diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/fgopt.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/fgopt.cpp
index 975ad0aaa546e..6720dcb8c003a 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/fgopt.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/fgopt.cpp
@@ -5691,7 +5691,7 @@ bool Compiler::fgUpdateFlowGraph(bool doTailDuplication /* = false */,
         fgVerifyHandlerTab();
         // Make sure that the predecessor lists are accurate
         fgDebugCheckBBlist();
-        fgDebugCheckUpdate();
+        fgDebugCheckUpdate(doAggressiveCompaction);
     }
 #endif // DEBUG