diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c842899d6..9ee4e88bf3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-01-13  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
+
+	Patch by T Sureshkumar <tsureshkuman@novell.com>:
+	* src/NetworkManagerSystem.c: Don't assert iface != NULL, allowing VPN
+	  modules that do not use an interface.
+
 2006-01-13  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/nm-device.c
diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerSystem.c b/src/NetworkManagerSystem.c
index f1f311596a..57072fc153 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerSystem.c
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerSystem.c
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ gboolean nm_system_vpn_device_unset_from_ip4_config (NMNamedManager *named, NMDe
 {
 	g_return_val_if_fail (named != NULL, FALSE);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (active_device != NULL, FALSE);
-	g_return_val_if_fail (iface != NULL, FALSE);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (config != NULL, FALSE);
 
 	nm_named_manager_remove_ip4_config (named, config);