Index: kernel/generic/src/ipc/ipcrsc.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/src/ipc/ipcrsc.c	(revision de1074b523db106c95d7d8ae3cd751da641e579e)
+++ kernel/generic/src/ipc/ipcrsc.c	(revision 6c87f3a34f7e36abc7f9987485446ede08d5d3fe)
@@ -200,5 +200,4 @@
 		return;
 
-	assert(kobj->phone);
 	assert(kobj->phone->state == IPC_PHONE_CONNECTING);