From 063d313b7fdd6bf7d93372324111d501e0cf8a5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lee Thomason <leethomason@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 18:04:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix merge

---
 tinyxml2.cpp | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tinyxml2.cpp b/tinyxml2.cpp
index a0a0b235..56faecbd 100644
--- a/tinyxml2.cpp
+++ b/tinyxml2.cpp
@@ -2348,11 +2348,10 @@ static FILE* callfopen( const char* filepath, const char* mode )
 }
 
 void XMLDocument::DeleteNode( XMLNode* node )	{   
-    TIXMLASSERT( node );
-    TIXMLASSERT(node->_document == this );
     if(node == 0) {
         return; // check for null pointer
     }
+    TIXMLASSERT(node->_document == this);
     if (node->_parent) {
         node->_parent->DeleteChild( node );
     }