diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/storage/cache/OCachePointer.java b/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/storage/cache/OCachePointer.java
index 502921d4e84..2e83938c6c4 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/storage/cache/OCachePointer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/storage/cache/OCachePointer.java
@@ -89,14 +89,12 @@ public void incrementReadersReferrer() {
     int readers = getReaders(readersWriters);
     int writers = getWriters(readersWriters);
     readers++;
-    assert readers == 1;
 
     while (!readersWritersReferrer.compareAndSet(readersWriters, composeReadersWriters(readers, writers))) {
       readersWriters = readersWritersReferrer.get();
       readers = getReaders(readersWriters);
       writers = getWriters(readersWriters);
       readers++;
-      assert readers == 1;
     }
 
     final WritersListener wl = writersListener;
@@ -114,7 +112,6 @@ public void decrementReadersReferrer() {
     int writers = getWriters(readersWriters);
     readers--;
 
-    assert readers == 0;
 
     while (!readersWritersReferrer.compareAndSet(readersWriters, composeReadersWriters(readers, writers))) {
       readersWriters = readersWritersReferrer.get();
@@ -122,7 +119,6 @@ public void decrementReadersReferrer() {
       writers = getWriters(readersWriters);
       readers--;
 
-      assert readers == 0;
     }
 
     final WritersListener wl = writersListener;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/storage/cache/local/twoq/O2QCache.java b/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/storage/cache/local/twoq/O2QCache.java
index 2e1d65e109d..ca8f38c4ade 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/storage/cache/local/twoq/O2QCache.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/storage/cache/local/twoq/O2QCache.java
@@ -1190,6 +1190,8 @@ private boolean processFetchedPage(boolean removeColdPages, OCachePointer dataPo
     final long pageIndex = dataPointer.getPageIndex();
 
     if (pinnedPages.containsKey(new PinnedPage(fileId, pageIndex))) {
+      dataPointer.decrementReadersReferrer();
+
       return removeColdPages;
     }