diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/ty/mod.rs b/src/librustc/middle/ty/mod.rs
index eb93c58f38c..c3e7fd4ceca 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/ty/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/ty/mod.rs
@@ -1695,7 +1695,6 @@ impl<'tcx, 'container> AdtDefData<'tcx, 'container> {
     }
 
     pub fn set_destructor(&self, dtor: DefId) {
-        assert!(self.destructor.get().is_none());
         self.destructor.set(Some(dtor));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-28568.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-28568.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36b4a57eb11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-28568.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+struct MyStruct;
+
+impl Drop for MyStruct {
+//~^ ERROR conflicting implementations for trait
+    fn drop(&mut self) { }
+}
+
+impl Drop for MyStruct {
+//~^ NOTE conflicting implementation here
+    fn drop(&mut self) { }
+}
+
+fn main() {}