diff --git a/src/app/app.cpp b/src/app/app.cpp
index cec76f7cf..5915d441e 100644
--- a/src/app/app.cpp
+++ b/src/app/app.cpp
@@ -186,9 +186,10 @@ public:
 
   void deleteDataRecovery() {
 #ifdef ENABLE_DATA_RECOVERY
-    ASSERT(m_recovery);
-    delete m_recovery;
-    m_recovery = nullptr;
+    if (m_recovery) {
+      delete m_recovery;
+      m_recovery = nullptr;
+    }
 #endif
   }