--- a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
+++ b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
@@ -8992,41 +8992,31 @@ nsDocShell::OnNewURI(nsIURI * aURI, nsIC
     // Check if the url to be loaded is the same as the one already loaded.
     if (mCurrentURI)
         aURI->Equals(mCurrentURI, &equalUri);
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
     PR_LOG(gDocShellLog, PR_LOG_DEBUG,
            ("  shAvailable=%i updateHistory=%i equalURI=%i\n",
             shAvailable, updateHistory, equalUri));
-
-    if (mCurrentURI && !mOSHE) {
-        NS_ASSERTION(IsAboutBlank(mCurrentURI), "no SHEntry for a non-transient viewer?");
-    }
 #endif
 
     /* If the url to be loaded is the same as the one already there,
      * and the original loadType is LOAD_NORMAL, LOAD_LINK, or
      * LOAD_STOP_CONTENT, set loadType to LOAD_NORMAL_REPLACE so that
      * AddToSessionHistory() won't mess with the current SHEntry and
      * if this page has any frame children, it also will be handled
      * properly. see bug 83684
      *
-     * NB: If mOSHE is null but we have a current URI, then it means
-     * that we must be at the transient about:blank content viewer
-     * (asserted above) and we should let the normal load continue,
-     * since there's nothing to replace.
-     *
      * XXX Hopefully changing the loadType at this time will not hurt  
      *  anywhere. The other way to take care of sequentially repeating
      *  frameset pages is to add new methods to nsIDocShellTreeItem.
      * Hopefully I don't have to do that. 
      */
     if (equalUri &&
-        mOSHE &&
         (mLoadType == LOAD_NORMAL ||
          mLoadType == LOAD_LINK ||
          mLoadType == LOAD_STOP_CONTENT) &&
         !inputStream)
     {
         mLoadType = LOAD_NORMAL_REPLACE;
     }