diff --git a/libraries/liblber/io.c b/libraries/liblber/io.c
index 85c3e23e810512fa80ec31c302a2a5a1a8a97cb5..c05dcf8434a42c5be71614da7e63e53c2f18cc6c 100644
--- a/libraries/liblber/io.c
+++ b/libraries/liblber/io.c
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ done:
 		return (ber->ber_tag);
 	}
 
-	assert( 0 ); /* ber structure is messed up ?*/
+	/* invalid input */
 	return LBER_DEFAULT;
 }