diff -r 1090e2141798 -r 2fdc9cc89502 org/sonews/daemon/ChannelLineBuffers.java
--- a/org/sonews/daemon/ChannelLineBuffers.java	Wed Jul 01 10:48:22 2009 +0200
+++ b/org/sonews/daemon/ChannelLineBuffers.java	Wed Jul 22 14:04:05 2009 +0200
@@ -233,10 +233,11 @@
   public static void recycleBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer)
   {
     assert buffer != null;
-    assert buffer.capacity() >= BUFFER_SIZE;
 
     if(buffer.isDirect())
     {
+      assert buffer.capacity() >= BUFFER_SIZE;
+      
       // Add old buffers to the list of free buffers
       synchronized(freeSmallBuffers)
       {