diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index db4f81cb0e..a9f2333d76 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-06-24	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrilL@OARcorp.com>
+
+	* libfs/src/imfs/memfile.c: Fix assert.
+
 2010-06-24	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrilL@OARcorp.com>
 
 	* libcsupport/src/read.c, libcsupport/src/write.c: read(2) and write(2)
diff --git a/cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/memfile.c b/cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/memfile.c
index a1193c8c88..61e949a7ef 100644
--- a/cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/memfile.c
+++ b/cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/memfile.c
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ MEMFILE_STATIC ssize_t IMFS_memfile_read(
   #if defined(RTEMS_DEBUG)
     assert( the_jnode );
     assert( the_jnode->type == IMFS_MEMORY_FILE ||
+       the_jnode->type != IMFS_LINEAR_FILE );
     assert( dest );
   #endif
   if ( !the_jnode )