diff --git a/kernel/debug.h b/kernel/debug.h
index 24ce893ba..a988e0717 100644
--- a/kernel/debug.h
+++ b/kernel/debug.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #define DEBUG_TIME_LOCKS		1
 
 /* Runtime sanity checking. */
-#define DEBUG_VMASSERT			1
+#define DEBUG_VMASSERT			0
 #define DEBUG_SCHED_CHECK		0
 #define DEBUG_STACK_CHECK		0
 #define DEBUG_TRACE			0