diff --git a/buckets/apr_brigade.c b/buckets/apr_brigade.c
index 5a94031635..90664b67f7 100644
--- a/buckets/apr_brigade.c
+++ b/buckets/apr_brigade.c
@@ -336,7 +336,8 @@ APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_brigade_split_line(apr_bucket_brigade *bbOut,
                                                  apr_off_t maxbytes)
 {
     apr_off_t readbytes = 0;
-    apr_bucket *prev = NULL;
+
+    APR_BRIGADE_CHECK_CONSISTENCY(bbIn);
 
     while (!APR_BRIGADE_EMPTY(bbIn)) {
         const char *pos;
@@ -346,10 +347,6 @@ APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_brigade_split_line(apr_bucket_brigade *bbOut,
         apr_bucket *e;
 
         e = APR_BRIGADE_FIRST(bbIn);
-        if (e == prev) {         /* PR#51062: prevent infinite loop on a corrupt brigade */
-            return APR_EGENERAL; /* FIXME: this should definitely be a "can't happen"!   */
-        }
-        prev = e;
         rv = apr_bucket_read(e, &str, &len, block);
 
         if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {