diff --git a/xla/service/memory_space_assignment/algorithm.cc b/xla/service/memory_space_assignment/algorithm.cc
index e388b0333c5c0..7f192be45216f 100644
--- a/xla/service/memory_space_assignment/algorithm.cc
+++ b/xla/service/memory_space_assignment/algorithm.cc
@@ -2687,7 +2687,7 @@ MsaAlgorithm::AllocationRequest MsaAlgorithm::CreateAllocationRequest(
 
     // TODO(mehrdadk): Remove this code once we have a better way to find
     // repeated instructions.
-    if (false) {
+    if (/* DISABLES CODE */ (false)) {
       const std::vector<const HloInstruction*>* repeated_insts =
           GetRepeatedInstructionList(hlo_use.instruction);
       if (repeated_insts) {