1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/messenger/messenger_api_message.c b/src/messenger/messenger_api_message.c
index 0d885f9ee..d65b80576 100755
--- a/src/messenger/messenger_api_message.c
+++ b/src/messenger/messenger_api_message.c
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ int
 decode_message (struct GNUNET_MESSENGER_Message *message, uint16_t length, const char *buffer,
                 int include_signature, uint16_t *padding)
 {
-  GNUNET_assert((message) && (buffer) && (length >= sizeof(message->header)));
+  GNUNET_assert((message) && (buffer) && (length >= get_message_kind_size(GNUNET_MESSENGER_KIND_UNKNOWN)));
 
   uint16_t offset = 0;