diff --git a/src/ripple/common/impl/ResolverAsio.cpp b/src/ripple/common/impl/ResolverAsio.cpp
index da9455866..6739f49b4 100644
--- a/src/ripple/common/impl/ResolverAsio.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/common/impl/ResolverAsio.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ public:
 
     void start ()
     {
-        assert (m_work.empty ());
         assert (m_stopped == true);
         assert (m_stop_called == false);