diff --git a/changes/bug9337 b/changes/bug9337
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ce99bc81845fe1a52e7ad3d2291add9285d9a0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug9337
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Major bugfixes (DNS):
+    - Avoid an assertion failure when processing DNS replies without the
+      answer types we expected. Fixes bug 9337; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
+
diff --git a/src/or/dns.c b/src/or/dns.c
index edcf92e5b3267f3e88e70e2321ad877c19218bc5..f2b7eecc3f892b4367cc3f31c42be97b82f4ebfc 100644
--- a/src/or/dns.c
+++ b/src/or/dns.c
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@ cached_resolve_add_answer(cached_resolve_t *resolve,
     if (resolve->res_status_ipv4 != RES_STATUS_INFLIGHT)
       return;
 
-    if (dns_result == DNS_ERR_NONE && answer_addr) {
-      tor_assert(tor_addr_family(answer_addr) == AF_INET);
+    if (dns_result == DNS_ERR_NONE && answer_addr &&
+        tor_addr_family(answer_addr) == AF_INET) {
       resolve->result_ipv4.addr_ipv4 = tor_addr_to_ipv4h(answer_addr);
       resolve->res_status_ipv4 = RES_STATUS_DONE_OK;
     } else {
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ cached_resolve_add_answer(cached_resolve_t *resolve,
     if (resolve->res_status_ipv6 != RES_STATUS_INFLIGHT)
       return;
 
-    if (dns_result == DNS_ERR_NONE && answer_addr) {
-      tor_assert(tor_addr_family(answer_addr) == AF_INET6);
+    if (dns_result == DNS_ERR_NONE && answer_addr &&
+        tor_addr_family(answer_addr) == AF_INET6) {
       memcpy(&resolve->result_ipv6.addr_ipv6,
              tor_addr_to_in6(answer_addr),
              sizeof(struct in6_addr));