diff -r 6fceb66e1ad7 -r 961a8a3acb9a org/sonews/daemon/ChannelLineBuffers.java
--- a/org/sonews/daemon/ChannelLineBuffers.java	Fri Jun 26 16:48:50 2009 +0200
+++ b/org/sonews/daemon/ChannelLineBuffers.java	Mon Aug 17 11:00:51 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)
       {