diff --git a/libgcc/unwind-dw2-fde.c b/libgcc/unwind-dw2-fde.c
index 919abfe0664..d237179f4ea 100644
--- a/libgcc/unwind-dw2-fde.c
+++ b/libgcc/unwind-dw2-fde.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ typedef __UINTPTR_TYPE__ uintptr_type;
 #include "unwind-dw2-btree.h"
 
 static struct btree registered_frames;
+static bool in_shutdown;
 
 static void
 release_registered_frames (void) __attribute__ ((destructor (110)));
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ release_registered_frames (void)
   /* Release the b-tree and all frames. Frame releases that happen later are
    * silently ignored */
   btree_destroy (&registered_frames);
+  in_shutdown = true;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ __deregister_frame_info_bases (const void *begin)
   __gthread_mutex_unlock (&object_mutex);
 #endif
 
-  gcc_assert (ob);
+  gcc_assert (in_shutdown || ob);
   return (void *) ob;
 }