diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-query.c b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-query.c
index 9b296e7aa6..7dc346794e 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-query.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-query.c
@@ -744,11 +744,7 @@ int dns_query_go(DnsQuery *q) {
                         continue;
 
                 match = dns_scope_good_domain(s, q->ifindex, q->flags, name);
-                if (match < 0) {
-                        log_debug("Couldn't check if '%s' matches against scope, ignoring.", name);
-                        continue;
-                }
-
+                assert(match >= 0);
                 if (match > found) { /* Does this match better? If so, remember how well it matched, and the first one
                                       * that matches this well */
                         found = match;
@@ -780,11 +776,7 @@ int dns_query_go(DnsQuery *q) {
                         continue;
 
                 match = dns_scope_good_domain(s, q->ifindex, q->flags, name);
-                if (match < 0) {
-                        log_debug("Couldn't check if '%s' matches against scope, ignoring.", name);
-                        continue;
-                }
-
+                assert(match >= 0);
                 if (match < found)
                         continue;