diff --git a/src/torrent.cpp b/src/torrent.cpp
index b4dd68bd2..2844d1317 100755
--- a/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -612,7 +612,6 @@ namespace libtorrent
 				{
 					if (*i) m_picker->we_have(index);
 				}
-				TORRENT_ASSERT(m_picker->num_have_filtered() == m_num_pieces);
 			}
 
 			files_checked();