diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-dbus-aux.c b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-dbus-aux.c
index 7c55b5a75..9cb0a7f09 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-dbus-aux.c
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-dbus-aux.c
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ void nm_dbus_connection_call_set (GDBusConnection *dbus_connection,
                                   NMDBusConnectionCallDefaultCb callback,
                                   gpointer user_data)
 {
-	nm_assert (callback);
-
 	g_dbus_connection_call (dbus_connection,
 	                        bus_name,
 	                        object_path,