diff --git a/FreeRTOS_IP.c b/FreeRTOS_IP.c
index 9b57525c4e..319dc08311 100644
--- a/FreeRTOS_IP.c
+++ b/FreeRTOS_IP.c
@@ -1153,18 +1153,15 @@ BaseType_t FreeRTOS_IPInit( const uint8_t ucIPAddress[ ipIP_ADDRESS_LENGTH_BYTES
         configASSERT( ipconfigBUFFER_PADDING == 14 );
     }
 
-    #ifndef _lint
-        {
-            /* Check if MTU is big enough. */
-            configASSERT( ( ( size_t ) ipconfigNETWORK_MTU ) >= ( ipSIZE_OF_IPv4_HEADER + ipSIZE_OF_TCP_HEADER + ipconfigTCP_MSS ) );
-            /* Check structure packing is correct. */
-            configASSERT( sizeof( EthernetHeader_t ) == ipEXPECTED_EthernetHeader_t_SIZE );
-            configASSERT( sizeof( ARPHeader_t ) == ipEXPECTED_ARPHeader_t_SIZE );
-            configASSERT( sizeof( IPHeader_t ) == ipEXPECTED_IPHeader_t_SIZE );
-            configASSERT( sizeof( ICMPHeader_t ) == ipEXPECTED_ICMPHeader_t_SIZE );
-            configASSERT( sizeof( UDPHeader_t ) == ipEXPECTED_UDPHeader_t_SIZE );
-        }
-    #endif /* ifndef _lint */
+    /* Check if MTU is big enough. */
+    configASSERT( ( ( size_t ) ipconfigNETWORK_MTU ) >= ( ipSIZE_OF_IPv4_HEADER + ipSIZE_OF_TCP_HEADER + ipconfigTCP_MSS ) );
+    /* Check structure packing is correct. */
+    configASSERT( sizeof( EthernetHeader_t ) == ipEXPECTED_EthernetHeader_t_SIZE );
+    configASSERT( sizeof( ARPHeader_t ) == ipEXPECTED_ARPHeader_t_SIZE );
+    configASSERT( sizeof( IPHeader_t ) == ipEXPECTED_IPHeader_t_SIZE );
+    configASSERT( sizeof( ICMPHeader_t ) == ipEXPECTED_ICMPHeader_t_SIZE );
+    configASSERT( sizeof( UDPHeader_t ) == ipEXPECTED_UDPHeader_t_SIZE );
+
     /* Attempt to create the queue used to communicate with the IP task. */
     xNetworkEventQueue = xQueueCreate( ipconfigEVENT_QUEUE_LENGTH, sizeof( IPStackEvent_t ) );
     configASSERT( xNetworkEventQueue != NULL );