diff --git a/src/shared/condition.c b/src/shared/condition.c
index f493a2da8c..b09eff1bfb 100644
--- a/src/shared/condition.c
+++ b/src/shared/condition.c
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ static int condition_test_version_cmp(const char *condition, const char *ver) {
         CompareOperator operator;
         bool first = true;
 
-        assert(condition);
         assert(ver);
 
         for (const char *p = condition;;) {
diff --git a/test/fuzz/fuzz-link-parser/oss-fuzz-438513119 b/test/fuzz/fuzz-link-parser/oss-fuzz-438513119
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57d31bcb69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fuzz/fuzz-link-parser/oss-fuzz-438513119
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Match]
+Version=kernel
\ No newline at end of file