diff --git a/src/mon/Elector.cc b/src/mon/Elector.cc
index 32d78b4eb4b..b9a7031848b 100644
--- a/src/mon/Elector.cc
+++ b/src/mon/Elector.cc
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ void Elector::handle_victory(MMonElection *m)
   dout(5) << "handle_victory from " << m->get_source() << " quorum_features " << m->quorum_features << dendl;
   int from = m->get_source().num();
 
-  assert((from < mon->rank) || (acked_first_paxos_version > mon->paxos->get_version()));
+  assert(from < mon->rank);
   assert(m->epoch % 2 == 0);  
 
   leader_acked = -1;