diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/datacenter/entity/api/db/EngineHostVO.java b/engine/orchestration/src/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/datacenter/entity/api/db/EngineHostVO.java
index b064a35864d..efa34dfec98 100644
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/datacenter/entity/api/db/EngineHostVO.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/datacenter/entity/api/db/EngineHostVO.java
@@ -296,8 +296,6 @@ public class EngineHostVO implements EngineHost, Identity {
     }
 
     public String getDetail(String name) {
-        assert (details != null) : "Did you forget to load the details?";
-
         return details != null ? details.get(name) : null;
     }