diff --git a/src/gui/attributetable/qgsfeaturelistview.cpp b/src/gui/attributetable/qgsfeaturelistview.cpp
index b5030df1888..de96e0a7a17 100644
--- a/src/gui/attributetable/qgsfeaturelistview.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/attributetable/qgsfeaturelistview.cpp
@@ -205,10 +205,7 @@ void QgsFeatureListView::setEditSelection( const QModelIndex &index, QItemSelect
   bool ok = true;
   emit aboutToChangeEditSelection( ok );
 
-#ifdef QGISDEBUG
-  if ( index.model() != mModel->masterModel() )
-    qWarning() << "Index from wrong model passed in";
-#endif
+  Q_ASSERT( index.model() == mModel->masterModel() || !index.isValid() );
 
   if ( ok )
     mCurrentEditSelectionModel->select( index, command );