diff --git a/editor/base/nsEditor.cpp b/editor/base/nsEditor.cpp
index 075253d0ced8..569bfd853952 100644
--- a/editor/base/nsEditor.cpp
+++ b/editor/base/nsEditor.cpp
@@ -3239,10 +3239,7 @@ PRBool
 nsEditor::IsMozEditorBogusNode(nsIDOMNode *aNode)
 {
   if (!aNode)
-  {
-    NS_NOTREACHED("null node passed to IsTextNode()");
     return PR_FALSE;
-  }
 
   nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMElement>element;
   element = do_QueryInterface(aNode);
diff --git a/editor/libeditor/base/nsEditor.cpp b/editor/libeditor/base/nsEditor.cpp
index 075253d0ced8..569bfd853952 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/base/nsEditor.cpp
+++ b/editor/libeditor/base/nsEditor.cpp
@@ -3239,10 +3239,7 @@ PRBool
 nsEditor::IsMozEditorBogusNode(nsIDOMNode *aNode)
 {
   if (!aNode)
-  {
-    NS_NOTREACHED("null node passed to IsTextNode()");
     return PR_FALSE;
-  }
 
   nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMElement>element;
   element = do_QueryInterface(aNode);