From 2aed6158b87afb4f012a1ce0fa45ca3424bf5103 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AJR <ajrhacker@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 13:42:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] poly.h: Fix DEBUG=1 builds

---
 src/devices/video/poly.h | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/devices/video/poly.h b/src/devices/video/poly.h
index 378e433b269..9cd91a69323 100644
--- a/src/devices/video/poly.h
+++ b/src/devices/video/poly.h
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ public:
 	// allocate a return a new item
 	ArrayType &next(int index = 0)
 	{
-		assert(index < TrackingCount);
-
 		// track the maximum
 		if (m_next > m_max)
 			m_max = m_next;
@@ -175,7 +173,10 @@ public:
 		// set the last item
 		m_next++;
 		if (TrackingCount > 0)
+		{
+			assert(index < TrackingCount);
 			m_last[index] = item;
+		}
 		return *item;
 	}