diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp
index 22dc55d84..f33d89cb6 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ class binary_reader
                     const int exp = (half >> 10u) & 0x1Fu;
                     const unsigned int mant = half & 0x3FFu;
                     assert(0 <= exp and exp <= 32);
-                    assert(0 <= mant and mant <= 1024);
+                    assert(mant <= 1024);
                     switch (exp)
                     {
                         case 0: