diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index 668968e6..83ccff5c 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@ content_fetch_on_complete (GObject        *object,
     }
 
  out:
+  g_assert (pull_data->n_outstanding_content_fetches > 0);
   pull_data->n_outstanding_content_fetches--;
 
   if (_ostree_fetcher_should_retry_request (local_error, fetch_data->n_retries_remaining--))
@@ -1168,6 +1169,7 @@ on_metadata_written (GObject           *object,
   queue_scan_one_metadata_object_c (pull_data, csum, objtype, fetch_data->path, 0, fetch_data->requested_ref);
 
  out:
+  g_assert (pull_data->n_outstanding_metadata_write_requests > 0);
   pull_data->n_outstanding_metadata_write_requests--;
   fetch_object_data_free (fetch_data);