1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/memoryobject.c b/Objects/memoryobject.c
index e87abf5497..67f7e01fe2 100644
--- a/Objects/memoryobject.c
+++ b/Objects/memoryobject.c
@@ -86,14 +86,11 @@ _PyManagedBuffer_FromObject(PyObject *base)
         return NULL;
 
     if (PyObject_GetBuffer(base, &mbuf->master, PyBUF_FULL_RO) < 0) {
-        /* mbuf->master.obj must be NULL. */
+        mbuf->master.obj = NULL;
         Py_DECREF(mbuf);
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    /* Assume that master.obj is a new reference to base. */
-    assert(mbuf->master.obj == base);
-
     return (PyObject *)mbuf;
 }