diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Server.Kestrel/Infrastructure/MemoryPoolBlock2.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Server.Kestrel/Infrastructure/MemoryPoolBlock2.cs
index c0c9fae183..c6fd9bd7a3 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Server.Kestrel/Infrastructure/MemoryPoolBlock2.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Server.Kestrel/Infrastructure/MemoryPoolBlock2.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Server.Kestrel.Infrastructure
         ~MemoryPoolBlock2()
         {
             Debug.Assert(!_pinHandle.IsAllocated, "Ad-hoc memory block wasn't unpinned");
-            Debug.Assert(Slab == null || !Slab.IsActive, "Block being garbage collected instead of returned to pool");
+            // Debug.Assert(Slab == null || !Slab.IsActive, "Block being garbage collected instead of returned to pool");
 
             if (_pinHandle.IsAllocated)
             {