diff --git a/src/ioc/db/dbLock.c b/src/ioc/db/dbLock.c
index 7b04daa4e..8df755b2c 100644
--- a/src/ioc/db/dbLock.c
+++ b/src/ioc/db/dbLock.c
@@ -565,12 +565,10 @@ void dbLockCleanupRecords(dbBase *pdbbase)
 
     forEachRecord(NULL, pdbbase, &freeLockRecord);
     if(ellCount(&lockSetsActive)) {
-        errlogMessage("Warning: dbLockCleanupRecords() leaking lockSets\n");
+        printf("Warning: dbLockCleanupRecords() leaking lockSets\n");
         dblsr(NULL,2);
     }
 
-    assert(ellCount(&lockSetsActive)==0);
-
 #ifndef LOCKSET_NOFREE
     while((cur=ellGet(&lockSetsFree))!=NULL) {
         lockSet *ls = (lockSet*)cur;