diff --git a/source/common/http/filter_manager.h b/source/common/http/filter_manager.h
index a7b1329bb78f1..65061c9113c2f 100644
--- a/source/common/http/filter_manager.h
+++ b/source/common/http/filter_manager.h
@@ -611,7 +611,10 @@ class OverridableRemoteSocketAddressSetterStreamInfo : public StreamInfo::Stream
 
   void setDownstreamRemoteAddress(
       const Network::Address::InstanceConstSharedPtr& downstream_remote_address) {
-    ASSERT(overridden_downstream_remote_address_ == nullptr);
+    // TODO(rgs1): we should assert overridden_downstream_remote_address_ is nullptr,
+    // but we are currently relaxing this as a workaround to:
+    //
+    // https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/14432#issuecomment-758167614
     overridden_downstream_remote_address_ = downstream_remote_address;
   }