diff --git a/compiler/dfo.lisp b/compiler/dfo.lisp
index 5a1682146e78d72b6a92bbec388955bc660c0bfa..76678dcfd4d1a7f94ddb31c29c6d2ca4898cfe7a 100644
--- a/compiler/dfo.lisp
+++ b/compiler/dfo.lisp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ;;; Scott Fahlman or slisp-group@cs.cmu.edu.
 ;;;
 (ext:file-comment
-  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/dfo.lisp,v 1.21 1992/02/23 17:39:43 ram Exp $")
+  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/dfo.lisp,v 1.22 1992/02/26 14:14:27 ram Exp $")
 ;;;
 ;;; **********************************************************************
 ;;;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 ;;;
 (proclaim '(function join-components (component component) void))
 (defun join-components (new old)
-  (assert (and (eq (component-kind new) nil) (eq (component-kind old) nil)))
+  (assert (eq (component-kind new) (component-kind old)))
   (let ((old-head (component-head old))
 	(old-tail (component-tail old))
 	(head (component-head new))