diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/icmp6-util.c b/src/libsystemd-network/icmp6-util.c
index 67c6b55d841..0b8c3e4cc3d 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/icmp6-util.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/icmp6-util.c
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ int icmp6_receive(int fd, void *buffer, size_t size, struct in6_addr *ret_dst,
 
         /* namelen == 0 only happens when running the test-suite over a socketpair */
 
-        assert(!(msg.msg_flags & MSG_CTRUNC));
         assert(!(msg.msg_flags & MSG_TRUNC));
 
         CMSG_FOREACH(cmsg, &msg) {