1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index eada9b95..9f075016 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_remove_pkg(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	pmtrans_t *trans;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return -1);
+	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, RET_ERR(handle, PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
 	ASSERT(handle == pkg->handle, RET_ERR(handle, PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
 	trans = handle->trans;