diff --git a/src/assembler.cc b/src/assembler.cc
index a323ecaa44..030d15c514 100644
--- a/src/assembler.cc
+++ b/src/assembler.cc
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void RelocInfoWriter::Write(const RelocInfo* rinfo) {
     WriteExtraTaggedPC(pc_delta, kPCJumpTag);
     WriteExtraTaggedData(rinfo->data() - last_data_, kCommentTag);
     last_data_ = rinfo->data();
-    ASSERT(begin_pos - pos_ == RelocInfo::kRelocCommentSize);
+    ASSERT(begin_pos - pos_ >= RelocInfo::kMinRelocCommentSize);
   } else {
     // For all other modes we simply use the mode as the extra tag.
     // None of these modes need a data component.
diff --git a/src/assembler.h b/src/assembler.h
index 095859840e..abf34f2512 100644
--- a/src/assembler.h
+++ b/src/assembler.h
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ class RelocInfo BASE_EMBEDDED {
   // we do not normally record relocation info.
   static const char* kFillerCommentString;
 
-  // The size of a comment is equal to tree bytes for the extra tagged pc +
-  // the tag for the data, and kPointerSize for the actual pointer to the
+  // The minimum size of a comment is equal to three bytes for the extra tagged
+  // pc + the tag for the data, and kPointerSize for the actual pointer to the
   // comment.
-  static const int kRelocCommentSize = 3 + kPointerSize;
+  static const int kMinRelocCommentSize = 3 + kPointerSize;
 
   // The maximum size for a call instruction including pc-jump.
   static const int kMaxCallSize = 6;
diff --git a/src/ia32/lithium-codegen-ia32.cc b/src/ia32/lithium-codegen-ia32.cc
index d61ebdc0f6..c7424a586b 100644
--- a/src/ia32/lithium-codegen-ia32.cc
+++ b/src/ia32/lithium-codegen-ia32.cc
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ bool LCodeGen::GenerateRelocPadding() {
   int reloc_size = masm()->relocation_writer_size();
   while (reloc_size < deoptimization_reloc_size.min_size) {
     __ RecordComment(RelocInfo::kFillerCommentString, true);
-    reloc_size += RelocInfo::kRelocCommentSize;
+    reloc_size += RelocInfo::kMinRelocCommentSize;
   }
   return !is_aborted();
 }