@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ protected static void ClearObjectDict(BorrowedReference ob)
         {
             BorrowedReference type = Runtime.PyObject_TYPE(ob);
             int instanceDictOffset = Util.ReadInt32(type, TypeOffset.tp_dictoffset);
-            Debug.Assert(instanceDictOffset > 0);
-            Runtime.Py_CLEAR(ob, instanceDictOffset);
+            // Debug.Assert(instanceDictOffset > 0);
+            if (instanceDictOffset > 0)
+                Runtime.Py_CLEAR(ob, instanceDictOffset);
         }
 
         protected static BorrowedReference GetObjectDict(BorrowedReference ob)
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@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ protected static void ClearObjectDict(BorrowedReference ob)
148	148	{
149	149	BorrowedReference type = Runtime.PyObject_TYPE(ob);
150	150	int instanceDictOffset = Util.ReadInt32(type, TypeOffset.tp_dictoffset);
151		- Debug.Assert(instanceDictOffset > 0);
152		- Runtime.Py_CLEAR(ob, instanceDictOffset);
	151	+ // Debug.Assert(instanceDictOffset > 0);
	152	+ if (instanceDictOffset > 0)
	153	+ Runtime.Py_CLEAR(ob, instanceDictOffset);
153	154	}
154	155
155	156	protected static BorrowedReference GetObjectDict(BorrowedReference ob)