--- a/commsfwutils/commsbufs/mbufmgrimpl/src/MBufPoolManager.cpp	Fri Mar 12 15:49:41 2010 +0200
+++ b/commsfwutils/commsbufs/mbufmgrimpl/src/MBufPoolManager.cpp	Mon Mar 15 12:45:15 2010 +0200
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+    ASSERT(selectedPoolChain != NULL);  // AO should only be triggered once a pool selected for growth
+
 	// Might have wrapped round all the PoolChains
 	if ( (iNextMBufSize == KNoOutstandingRequests)  
 			&& (lowestRequest != growThisPoolChain) )