comet: fix refcounting, fixes #4775

diff --git a/src/webui/comet.c b/src/webui/comet.c
index 0d3dec0cc297780c2cad3b78d917096ad03dc838..7ae2aced3554c2106f64646908b4683c3775e1b8 100644 (file)
--- a/src/webui/comet.c
+++ b/src/webui/comet.c
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@ comet_mailbox_ws(http_connection_t *hc, const char *remain, void *opaque)
   }
 
   pthread_mutex_lock(&comet_mutex);
-  if (atomic_get(&comet_running))
-    cmb->cmb_refcount--;
+  assert(cmb->cmb_refcount > 0);
+  cmb->cmb_refcount--;
   cmb->cmb_last_used = mclk();
   pthread_mutex_unlock(&comet_mutex);