diff --git a/src/multi.cpp b/src/multi.cpp
index 262a8f1d0..3383f5a49 100644
--- a/src/multi.cpp
+++ b/src/multi.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ void discardTransaction(client *c) {
 /* Flag the transacation as DIRTY_EXEC so that EXEC will fail.
  * Should be called every time there is an error while queueing a command. */
 void flagTransaction(client *c) {
-    serverAssert(GlobalLocksAcquired());
     if (c->flags & CLIENT_MULTI)
         c->flags |= CLIENT_DIRTY_EXEC;
 }
diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index fdd1de4d2..6bb90a122 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -5134,7 +5134,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if (background) daemonize();
 
     initServer();
-    initNetworking(/*cserver.cthreads >*/ 1 /* fReusePort */);
+    initNetworking(cserver.cthreads > 1 /* fReusePort */);
 
     if (background || cserver.pidfile) createPidFile();
     redisSetProcTitle(argv[0]);