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diff --git a/write_common.c b/write_common.c
index be7f9c22..5988faf7 100644
--- a/write_common.c
+++ b/write_common.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2011 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
  *
  * Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
  */
@@ -157,7 +157,15 @@ static void get_btr_value(struct btr_node *btrn, const char *cmd,
 	char *buf = NULL;
 	int ret = btr_exec_up(btrn, cmd, &buf);
 
-	assert(ret >= 0);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		/*
+		 * This really should not happen. It means one of our parent
+		 * nodes died unexpectedly. Proceed with fingers crossed.
+		 */
+		PARA_CRIT_LOG("cmd %s: %s\n", cmd, para_strerror(-ret));
+		*result = 0;
+		return;
+	}
 	ret = para_atoi32(buf, result);
 	assert(ret >= 0);
 	free(buf);