diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
index c0dfa23fadb..cd67054d195 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-09-24  Tobias Schlueter  <tobias.schlueter@physik.uni-muenchen.de>
+
+	* trans-types.c (gfc_return_by_reference): Remove superfluous
+	assertion.
+
 2004-09-20  Jan Hubicka  <jh@suse.cz>
 
 	* trans-decl.c (build_entry_thunks): Finalize the function; do not lower
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/trans-types.c b/gcc/fortran/trans-types.c
index a87e6f365dd..23d6d400f9a 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/trans-types.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/trans-types.c
@@ -1435,8 +1435,6 @@ gfc_return_by_reference (gfc_symbol * sym)
   if (!sym->attr.function)
     return 0;
 
-  gcc_assert (sym->attr.function);
-
   if (sym->result)
     sym = sym->result;