1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 5bafbc0..c8c1861 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -763,7 +763,9 @@ _Py_HashBytes(unsigned char *p, Py_ssize_t len)
       We make the hash of the empty string be 0, rather than using
       (prefix ^ suffix), since this slightly obfuscates the hash secret
     */
+#ifdef Py_DEBUG
     assert(_Py_HashSecret_Initialized);
+#endif
     if (len == 0) {
         return 0;
     }