diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index f3fb9fe96e42d0ba220b09a9d62183f7c77b6758..46a80698abaf0beb3b007283c2f6b29e715ec6d4 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-02-18  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@unitus.it>
+
+	PR libstdc++/9582
+	* include/bits/stl_alloc.h (__pool_alloc::allocate): Remove assert.
+
 2003-02-17  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
 
 	* include/bits/basic_ios.tcc (copyfmt): Copy locale data as well.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_alloc.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_alloc.h
index 96b51d18981a5648d74895231b0b82977c3bcb97..92029ea936c0116dc96f934815d66db793b492f0 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_alloc.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_alloc.h
@@ -352,8 +352,6 @@ namespace std
 	      __atomic_add(&_S_force_new, 1);
 	    else
 	      __atomic_add(&_S_force_new, -1);
-	    // Trust but verify...
-	    assert(_S_force_new != 0);
 	  }
 
 	if ((__n > (size_t) _MAX_BYTES) || (_S_force_new > 0))