diff --git a/net/udp/udp_setsockopt.c b/net/udp/udp_setsockopt.c
index 880b4d92c95..e3d4dca7d7e 100644
--- a/net/udp/udp_setsockopt.c
+++ b/net/udp/udp_setsockopt.c
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ int udp_setsockopt(FAR struct socket *psock, int option,
             ifindex = netdev_nametoindex(value);
             if (ifindex >= 0)
               {
-                DEBUGASSERT(ifindex > 0 && ifindex <= MAX_IFINDEX);
                 conn->boundto = ifindex;
                 ret = OK;
               }