diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.cpp
index f805594df..77f9a88da 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.cpp
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         bool CEnableForDockWidgetInfoArea::isVisibleWidget() const
         {
-            Q_ASSERT(this->m_parentDockableInfoArea);
-            if (!this->m_parentDockableInfoArea) { return false; }
+            if (!this->m_parentDockableInfoArea) { return false; } // can happen function is used while dock widget not yet fully initialized
             return this->m_parentDockableInfoArea->isVisibleWidget();
         }