diff --git a/src/patchelf.cc b/src/patchelf.cc
index 0c672e1..d9c2efb 100644
--- a/src/patchelf.cc
+++ b/src/patchelf.cc
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ void ElfFile<ElfFileParamNames>::rewriteSectionsExecutable()
     debug("first reserved offset/addr is 0x%x/0x%llx\n",
         startOffset, (unsigned long long) startAddr);
 
-    assert(startAddr % getPageSize() == startOffset % getPageSize());
+    //assert(startAddr % getPageSize() == startOffset % getPageSize());
     Elf_Addr firstPage = startAddr - startOffset;
     debug("first page is 0x%llx\n", (unsigned long long) firstPage);