diff --git a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/resolver/JavaAnnotationResolver.java b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/resolver/JavaAnnotationResolver.java
index 92e2ebad114..2e4e1afed45 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/resolver/JavaAnnotationResolver.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/resolver/JavaAnnotationResolver.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public final class JavaAnnotationResolver {
             if (name == null) name = "value";
             Name identifier = Name.identifier(name);
 
-            assert value != null;
+            if (value == null) return null;
             CompileTimeConstant compileTimeConst =
                     compileTimeConstResolver.getCompileTimeConstFromExpression(annotationFqName, identifier, value, postponedTasks);
             if (compileTimeConst != null) {