diff --git a/Objects/fileobject.c b/Objects/fileobject.c
index 612cefd..33fb3bc 100644
--- a/Objects/fileobject.c
+++ b/Objects/fileobject.c
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@
 			if (_PyString_Resize(&v, buffersize) < 0)
 				return NULL;
 		} else {
-			assert(bytesread == bytesrequested);
+			/* Got what was requested. */
 			break;
 		}
 	}