diff --git a/runtime/src/validate_block/implementation.rs b/runtime/src/validate_block/implementation.rs
index 9141486789..828b841e75 100644
--- a/runtime/src/validate_block/implementation.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/validate_block/implementation.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ impl<B: BlockT> StorageT for Storage<B> {
 			Err(_) => return [0; STORAGE_ROOT_LEN],
 		};
 
-		assert!(root.as_ref().len() != STORAGE_ROOT_LEN);
+		assert!(root.as_ref().len() <= STORAGE_ROOT_LEN);
 		let mut res = [0; STORAGE_ROOT_LEN];
 		res.copy_from_slice(root.as_ref());
 		res
diff --git a/runtime/src/validate_block/tests.rs b/runtime/src/validate_block/tests.rs
index e25039bd5b..ebd4a80290 100644
--- a/runtime/src/validate_block/tests.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/validate_block/tests.rs
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ fn call_validate_block(block_data: ParachainBlockData<Block>) -> Result<()> {
 		"validate_block",
 		|alloc| {
 			let block_data = block_data.encode();
-			println!("ALLOC: {}", block_data.len());
 			let block_data_offset = alloc(&block_data)?;
-			println!("ALLOC");
 
 			Ok(
 				vec![