diff --git a/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c b/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c
index 63b6a09b19..d20dbc9846 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c
+++ b/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c
@@ -1815,7 +1815,6 @@ nm_settings_connection_add_seen_bssid (NMSettingsConnection *connection,
 
 	/* Add the new BSSID; let the hash take ownership of the allocated BSSID string */
 	bssid_str = nm_utils_hwaddr_ntoa (seen_bssid, ARPHRD_ETHER);
-	g_return_if_fail (bssid_str != NULL);
 	g_hash_table_insert (priv->seen_bssids, mac_dup (seen_bssid), bssid_str);
 
 	/* Build up a list of all the BSSIDs in string form */