diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index a99558396..8fb86ed3a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-09-08  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* sigproc.cc (wait_sig_inited): Remove assertion since it is racy.
+
 2003-09-08  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* cygwin.din: Export endusershell, getusershell and setusershell.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
index 383de21a9..ce7c38898 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ wait_for_sigthread ()
 {
   sigproc_printf ("wait_sig_inited %p", wait_sig_inited);
   HANDLE hsig_inited = wait_sig_inited;
-  assert (hsig_inited);
   (void) WaitForSingleObject (hsig_inited, INFINITE);
   wait_sig_inited = NULL;
   (void) ForceCloseHandle1 (hsig_inited, wait_sig_inited);