1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/marker.c b/src/marker.c
index 0b2e1bf5c6b..6755993bfac 100644
--- a/src/marker.c
+++ b/src/marker.c
@@ -332,9 +332,11 @@ buf_bytepos_to_charpos (struct buffer *b, ptrdiff_t bytepos)
   if (best_above == best_above_byte)
     return bytepos;
 
+#if 0
   /* Check bytepos is not in the middle of a character. */
   eassert (bytepos >= BUF_Z_BYTE (b)
            || CHAR_HEAD_P (BUF_FETCH_BYTE (b, bytepos)));
+#endif
 
   best_below = BEG;
   best_below_byte = BEG_BYTE;