diff --git a/src/gc.c b/src/gc.c
index 190c663..448b6f2 100644
--- a/src/gc.c
+++ b/src/gc.c
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ void gc_mark_stack_for_rescan(void) {
 }
 
 static void free_object(LispVal *val) {
-    assert(OBJECT_GC_SET_P(val, GC_WHITE));
+    // This is called on non-white objects during cleanup! Don't assert
+    // OBJECT_GC_SET_P!
     assert(!OBJECT_HAS_LOCAL_REFERENCE_P(val));
     switch (((LispObject *) val)->type) {
     case TYPE_HASH_TABLE: {
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ static void maybe_free_some_object_list_nodes(void) {
 
 static void gc_sweep_objects(size_t *restrict limit) {
     while (white_objects && saturating_dec(limit, 1)) {
+        assert(OBJECT_GC_SET_P(white_objects->obj, GC_WHITE));
         free_object(white_objects->obj);
     }
     // reset the gc