diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 943fc55a..c69484f7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ CVS code -
 	  always turned on.  Changes to do_alt_speller(),
 	  handle_sigwinch(), and main(). (DLR)
 - chars.c:
+  make_mbchar()
+	- Remove unneeded assert. (DLR)
   move_mbleft()
 	- Fix assert to reference the proper variable, so that nano
 	  builds with DEBUG defined again. (Mike Frysinger, found by
diff --git a/src/chars.c b/src/chars.c
index eff45978..7f6c8b7e 100644
--- a/src/chars.c
+++ b/src/chars.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ char *make_mbchar(int chr, int *chr_mb_len)
 {
     char *chr_mb;
 
-    assert(chr_mb != NULL && chr_mb_len != NULL);
+    assert(chr_mb_len != NULL);
 
 #ifdef NANO_WIDE
     if (!ISSET(NO_UTF8)) {