diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index fdfc221ccd6cb5c0d9a7b96ce43b9e6d0e4f23e8..54f23a124bb109eeb1f8b9ca569c56f9cd66cf06 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -2836,7 +2836,7 @@ static int decode_slice_header(H264Context *h, H264Context *h0)
             }
         } else {
             /* Frame or first field in a potentially complementary pair */
-            assert(!s0->current_picture_ptr);
+//             assert(!s0->current_picture_ptr);
             s0->first_field = FIELD_PICTURE;
         }