diff --git a/src/api/sockets.c b/src/api/sockets.c
index 783dfe87..44cab7ed 100644
--- a/src/api/sockets.c
+++ b/src/api/sockets.c
@@ -2304,7 +2304,6 @@ lwip_poll_dec_sockets_used(struct pollfd *fds, nfds_t nfds)
     /* Go through each struct pollfd in the array. */
     for (fdi = 0; fdi < nfds; fdi++) {
       struct lwip_sock *sock = tryget_socket_unconn_nouse(fds[fdi].fd);
-      LWIP_ASSERT("socket gone at the end of select", sock != NULL);
       if (sock != NULL) {
         done_socket(sock);
       }