diff --git a/libraries/effect/src/main/java/androidx/media3/effect/DefaultVideoCompositor.java b/libraries/effect/src/main/java/androidx/media3/effect/DefaultVideoCompositor.java
index 3a26c35b5a..81be88fc9a 100644
--- a/libraries/effect/src/main/java/androidx/media3/effect/DefaultVideoCompositor.java
+++ b/libraries/effect/src/main/java/androidx/media3/effect/DefaultVideoCompositor.java
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ public final class DefaultVideoCompositor implements VideoCompositor {
 
   @Override
   public synchronized void release() {
-    checkState(allInputsEnded);
     try {
       videoFrameProcessingTaskExecutor.release(/* releaseTask= */ this::releaseGlObjects);
     } catch (InterruptedException e) {