diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6a98054a..8d3f0bcd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-12-20 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
+	* files.c (is_file_writable): remove assert check for f, since it's not
+	  initialized at the time.  Fixes Savannah bug 28309, reported by Zoltan Kovacs.
+
 2009-12-20 Brian Szymanski <skibrianski via Savannah>
 	* src/files.c (write_file): Check stat struct exists, and if not use just obtained stat data.
 	  Fixes Ubuntu bug 471568, "reproducible crash in nano on trying to save to a file 
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 1355d380..abf7d2eb 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int is_file_writable(const char *filename)
     if (ISSET(VIEW_MODE))
 	return TRUE;
 
-    assert(filename != NULL && f != NULL);
+    assert(filename != NULL);
 
     /* Get the specified file's full path. */
     full_filename = get_full_path(filename);