diff -r 68ef71f0cd72 -r 592244873960 commsfwutils/commsbufs/mbufmgrimpl/src/MBufPoolManager.cpp
--- a/commsfwutils/commsbufs/mbufmgrimpl/src/MBufPoolManager.cpp	Tue Feb 02 00:53:00 2010 +0200
+++ b/commsfwutils/commsbufs/mbufmgrimpl/src/MBufPoolManager.cpp	Fri Apr 16 16:15:03 2010 +0300
@@ -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) )