diff --git a/src/pulsecore/memblock.c b/src/pulsecore/memblock.c
index 3aeba8a9648d7428cd68e6d51b8efe87b30e77a4..15a0d3aed52092c2e514e3ec01dc75c5e6831b0f 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/memblock.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/memblock.c
@@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ static void memblock_free(pa_memblock *b) {
 
     pa_assert(b);
     pa_assert(b->pool);
-    pa_assert(pa_atomic_load(&b->n_acquired) == 0);
 
     pool = b->pool;
     stat_remove(b);