diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b3f3e1e6d48145a4867a048440c7e7a26ab21723..d41657eeaa2e58e2b46d1f72f35b85cc6a5ee045 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -273,8 +273,6 @@ CVS code -
 	  that there's more room for other things, and to not display
 	  the status when we're in the file browser, since Pico doesn't.
 	  (DLR)
-  do_cursorpos()
-	- Remove unneeded assert. (DLR)
 - configure.ac:
 	- Since we only use vsnprintf() now, remove the tests for
 	  snprintf(). (DLR)
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 236e5f2a0126010c9753c0fc5e9219988bd293bc..becae91cd4253bbbaf8a2217ea37b469c9c0f841 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -3844,7 +3844,7 @@ void do_cursorpos(bool constant)
 
     /* Check whether totsize is correct.  If it isn't, there is a bug
      * somewhere. */
-    assert(i == openfile->totsize);
+    assert(openfile->current != openfile->filebot || i == totsize);
 
     if (constant && disable_cursorpos) {
 	disable_cursorpos = FALSE;