diff --git a/src/server/game/Entities/Player/Player.cpp b/src/server/game/Entities/Player/Player.cpp
index ba27524e89..760a681c02 100644
--- a/src/server/game/Entities/Player/Player.cpp
+++ b/src/server/game/Entities/Player/Player.cpp
@@ -4616,7 +4616,7 @@ void Player::BuildPlayerRepop()
     if (GetCorpse())
     {
         sLog.outError("BuildPlayerRepop: player %s(%d) already has a corpse", GetName(), GetGUIDLow());
-        assert(false);
+        return;
     }
 
     // create a corpse and place it at the player's location