diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a43fa5d7c..8adec16b3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.15.12 (2010/??/??)
+* input:
+  - curl: remove assertion after curl_multi_fdset()
 * tags:
   - rva2: set "gain", not "peak"
 * decoders:
diff --git a/src/input/curl_input_plugin.c b/src/input/curl_input_plugin.c
index ff1ac85c5..c176f20dc 100644
--- a/src/input/curl_input_plugin.c
+++ b/src/input/curl_input_plugin.c
@@ -259,8 +259,6 @@ input_curl_select(struct input_curl *c)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	assert(max_fd >= 0);
-
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070f00
 	long timeout2;
 	mcode = curl_multi_timeout(c->multi, &timeout2);