diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 99a6f8259..f239cee3f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-07-15  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSThread.m: Fix faulty assert.
+
 2011-07-12  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/NSFileHandle.m:
diff --git a/Source/NSThread.m b/Source/NSThread.m
index e642fdb1b..d2abc9ad3 100644
--- a/Source/NSThread.m
+++ b/Source/NSThread.m
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ GSCurrentThread(void)
   NSThread *thr = pthread_getspecific(thread_object_key);
   if (nil == thr)
     {
-      assert(GSRegisterCurrentThread() && @"Failed to register thread");
+      GSRegisterCurrentThread();
       thr = pthread_getspecific(thread_object_key);
       if ((nil == defaultThread) && IS_MAIN_PTHREAD)
         {
@@ -1325,6 +1325,7 @@ GSRegisterCurrentThread (void)
 {
   return [NSThread _createThreadForCurrentPthread];
 }
+
 /**
  * <p>
  *   This function is provided to let threads started by some other