diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/latent.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/latent.py
index 86e217e165..c74dd8d55a 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/latent.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/latent.py
@@ -711,9 +711,8 @@ class DenoiseLatentsInvocation(BaseInvocation):
     ) -> Optional[List[IPAdapterData]]:
         """If IP-Adapter is enabled, then this function loads the requisite models and adds the image prompt conditioning data."""
         ip_adapter_data_list = []
-        assert len(ip_adapters) == len(image_prompts)
         for single_ip_adapter, (image_prompt_embeds, uncond_image_prompt_embeds) in zip(
-            ip_adapters, image_prompts, strict=False
+            ip_adapters, image_prompts, strict=True
         ):
             ip_adapter_model = exit_stack.enter_context(context.models.load(single_ip_adapter.ip_adapter_model))