diff --git a/mp/src/vgui2/vgui_controls/Panel.cpp b/mp/src/vgui2/vgui_controls/Panel.cpp
index 7fb2e630..049592bd 100644
--- a/mp/src/vgui2/vgui_controls/Panel.cpp
+++ b/mp/src/vgui2/vgui_controls/Panel.cpp
@@ -3419,7 +3419,9 @@ bool Panel::RequestFocusNext(VPANEL panel)
 void Panel::RequestFocus(int direction)
 {
 	// NOTE: This doesn't make any sense if we don't have keyboard input enabled
-	Assert( ( IsX360() || IsConsoleStylePanel() ) || IsKeyBoardInputEnabled() );
+	// FF --> squeek: Not sure what this assert is for, as presumably we do want panels without keyboard input to be able to request focus (example: scoreboard)
+	//Assert( ( IsX360() || IsConsoleStylePanel() ) || IsKeyBoardInputEnabled() );
+	// FF <--
 	//	ivgui()->DPrintf2("RequestFocus(%s, %s)\n", GetName(), GetClassName());
 	OnRequestFocus(GetVPanel(), NULL);
 }