diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/bitset b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/bitset
index 16c4040f532..ccd6d19f7a4 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/bitset
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/bitset
@@ -1094,10 +1094,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_CONTAINER
       operator>>=(size_t __position) _GLIBCXX_NOEXCEPT
       {
 	if (__builtin_expect(__position < _Nb, 1))
-	  {
-	    this->_M_do_right_shift(__position);
-	    this->_M_do_sanitize();
-	  }
+	  this->_M_do_right_shift(__position);
 	else
 	  this->_M_do_reset();
 	return *this;