diff --git a/src/pulsecore/memblockq.c b/src/pulsecore/memblockq.c
index 18066f7..2162870 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/memblockq.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/memblockq.c
@@ -282,6 +282,19 @@ static void read_index_changed(pa_memblockq *bq, int64_t old_read_index) {
 #endif
 }
 
+static void dump_memblockq(pa_memblockq *bq) {
+    struct list_item *q = bq->blocks;
+
+    pa_log("memblockq dump: [%s] rindex: %" PRId64 ", windex: %" PRId64, bq->name, bq->read_index, bq->write_index);
+
+    while (q) {
+        pa_log(" -> block: index: %" PRId64 ", length: %lu%s%s", q->index, q->chunk.length,
+                                                                 q == bq->current_read ? " (current read)" : "",
+                                                                 q == bq->current_write ? " (current write)" : "");
+        q = q->next;
+    }
+}
+
 int pa_memblockq_push(pa_memblockq* bq, const pa_memchunk *uchunk) {
     struct list_item *q, *n;
     pa_memchunk chunk;
@@ -417,8 +430,13 @@ int pa_memblockq_push(pa_memblockq* bq, const pa_memchunk *uchunk) {
             bq->write_index += (int64_t) chunk.length;
             goto finish;
         }
-    } else
-        pa_assert(!bq->blocks || (bq->write_index + (int64_t)chunk.length <= bq->blocks->index));
+    } else {
+        if(bq->blocks && (bq->write_index + (int64_t)chunk.length <= bq->blocks->index)) {
+            dump_memblockq(bq);
+            pa_log("current chunk length: %lu", chunk.length);
+            pa_assert_not_reached();
+        }
+    }
 
     if (!(n = pa_flist_pop(PA_STATIC_FLIST_GET(list_items))))
         n = pa_xnew(struct list_item, 1);