diff --git a/ft/tokuftdump.cc b/ft/tokuftdump.cc
index 147403475e75418deee71c2f454bfa1d746783a2..82a573c9ad7af30a44d2f812001c07e09f1d42b9 100644
--- a/ft/tokuftdump.cc
+++ b/ft/tokuftdump.cc
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ dump_node (int f, BLOCKNUM blocknum, FT h) {
     for (int i=0; i<n->n_children-1; i++) {
         const DBT *piv = &n->childkeys[i];
         printf("  pivot %2d:", i);
-        assert(n->flags == 0);
+        if (n->flags)
+            printf(" flags=%x ", n->flags);
         print_item(piv->data, piv->size);
         printf("\n");
     }