diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/fsrtl/notify.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/fsrtl/notify.c
index a9bd1a24afc..3fdb49e66b8 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/fsrtl/notify.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/fsrtl/notify.c
@@ -586,13 +586,6 @@ FsRtlNotifyFilterChangeDirectory(IN PNOTIFY_SYNC NotifySync,
         /* Allocate new notification */
         NotifyChange = ExAllocatePoolWithTag(PagedPool | POOL_RAISE_IF_ALLOCATION_FAILURE,
                                              sizeof(NOTIFY_CHANGE), 'FSrN');
-
-        /*
-         * If NotifyChange == NULL then an
-         * exception was already raised.
-         */
-        ASSERT(NotifyChange != NULL);
-
         RtlZeroMemory(NotifyChange, sizeof(NOTIFY_CHANGE));
 
         /* Set basic information */