diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/network/Servent.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/network/Servent.cpp
index d3fc30488..955b8554a 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/network/Servent.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/network/Servent.cpp
@@ -308,9 +308,7 @@ Servent::isValidExternalIP( const QHostAddress& addr )
 void
 Servent::registerOffer( const QString& key, Connection* conn )
 {
-    // The registered connection should always be != NULL
-    Q_ASSERT( conn != NULL );
-    m_offers[key] = QPointer<Connection>(conn);
+   m_offers[key] = QPointer<Connection>(conn);
 }
 
 
@@ -928,7 +926,7 @@ Servent::connectToPeer(const peerinfo_ptr& peerInfo, const QList<SipInfo>& sipIn
 void
 Servent::connectToPeerFailed( const peerinfo_ptr& peerInfo, QList<SipInfo> sipInfo, Connection* conn, QTcpSocketExtra* socket )
 {
-    tLog( LOGVERBOSE ) << Q_FUNC_INFO << "Connecting to " << conn->peerIpAddress() << " failed";
+    tLog( LOGVERBOSE ) << Q_FUNC_INFO << "Connecting to " << socket->peerAddress().toString() << " failed: " << socket->errorString();
     bool connIsNull = socket->_conn.isNull();
     cleanupSocket( socket );