diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
index 6f483fa654..7e2f27ced0 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -6415,14 +6415,13 @@ nm_platform_cache_update_emit_signal (NMPlatform *self,
 	const NMPObject *o;
 	const NMPClass *klass;
 
-	nm_assert (NM_IN_SET ((NMPlatformSignalChangeType) cache_op, (NMPlatformSignalChangeType) NMP_CACHE_OPS_UNCHANGED, NM_PLATFORM_SIGNAL_ADDED, NM_PLATFORM_SIGNAL_CHANGED, NM_PLATFORM_SIGNAL_REMOVED));
+	nm_assert (NM_IN_SET ((NMPlatformSignalChangeType) cache_op, NM_PLATFORM_SIGNAL_NONE,
+	                                                             NM_PLATFORM_SIGNAL_ADDED,
+	                                                             NM_PLATFORM_SIGNAL_CHANGED,
+	                                                             NM_PLATFORM_SIGNAL_REMOVED));
 
 	ASSERT_nmp_cache_ops (nm_platform_get_cache (self), cache_op, obj_old, obj_new);
 
-	nm_assert (NM_IN_SET (nm_platform_netns_get (self),
-	                      NULL,
-	                      nmp_netns_get_current ()));
-
 	NMTST_ASSERT_PLATFORM_NETNS_CURRENT (self);
 
 	switch (cache_op) {