1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/common_allocation.c b/src/util/common_allocation.c
index fd91e23b2..4aad49777 100644
--- a/src/util/common_allocation.c
+++ b/src/util/common_allocation.c
@@ -323,13 +323,12 @@ GNUNET_xrealloc_ (void *ptr, size_t n, const char *filename, int linenumber)
  * want to keep track of allocations.
  *
  * @param ptr the pointer to free
- * @param filename where in the code was the call to GNUNET_free
- * @param linenumber where in the code was the call to GNUNET_free
+ * @param filename where in the code was the call to GNUNET_free()
+ * @param linenumber where in the code was the call to GNUNET_free()
  */
 void
 GNUNET_xfree_ (void *ptr, const char *filename, int linenumber)
 {
-  GNUNET_assert_at (NULL != ptr, filename, linenumber);
 #ifdef W32_MEM_LIMIT
   ptr = &((size_t *) ptr)[-1];
   mem_used -= *((size_t *) ptr);