diff --git a/src/gs-listener-dbus.c b/src/gs-listener-dbus.c
index c063beaf2ea9e352e54c010d9b2d6f5b54b6c016..64e164a619d940b01e7f72fea88dee8120430e8c 100644
--- a/src/gs-listener-dbus.c
+++ b/src/gs-listener-dbus.c
@@ -2197,7 +2197,7 @@ gs_listener_init (GSListener *listener) {
 #endif
     listener->priv->prefs = gs_prefs_new();
 
-    g_assert (gs_listener_dbus_init (listener));
+    gs_listener_dbus_init (listener);
 
     init_session_id (listener);