diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c
index f9a195d2ed..91e7505cd9 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c
@@ -4198,7 +4198,6 @@ _public_ int sd_bus_get_description(sd_bus *bus, const char **description) {
         assert_return(bus, -EINVAL);
         assert_return(bus = bus_resolve(bus), -ENOPKG);
         assert_return(description, -EINVAL);
-        assert_return(!bus_origin_changed(bus), -ECHILD);
 
         const char *d = bus->description;
         if (!d)
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c
index 73731294fb..1224654290 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c
@@ -2603,7 +2603,6 @@ _public_ int sd_event_source_set_description(sd_event_source *s, const char *des
 _public_ int sd_event_source_get_description(sd_event_source *s, const char **description) {
         assert_return(s, -EINVAL);
         assert_return(description, -EINVAL);
-        assert_return(!event_origin_changed(s->event), -ECHILD);
 
         if (!s->description)
                 return -ENXIO;