diff --git a/lib/roles/mqtt/mqtt.c b/lib/roles/mqtt/mqtt.c
index aaac84b8b..7ae7e677d 100644
--- a/lib/roles/mqtt/mqtt.c
+++ b/lib/roles/mqtt/mqtt.c
@@ -2325,7 +2325,7 @@ lws_mqtt_client_send_unsubcribe(struct lws *wsi,
 		for (n = 0; n < unsub->num_topics; n++) {
 			mysub = lws_mqtt_find_sub(nwsi->mqtt,
 						  unsub->topic[n].name);
-			assert(mysub);
+			//assert(mysub);
 
 			if (mysub && --mysub->ref_count == 0) {
 				lwsl_notice("%s: Need to send UNSUB\n", __func__);