diff --git a/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_util.cc b/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_util.cc
index b07cbfe1c5a..194f4c276d1 100644
--- a/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_util.cc
+++ b/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_util.cc
@@ -366,7 +366,10 @@ AbcObjectReader *create_reader(const Alembic::AbcGeom::IObject &object, ImportSe
 		reader = new AbcCurveReader(object, settings);
 	}
 	else {
-		assert(false);
+		std::cerr << "Alembic: unknown how to handle objects of schema "
+		          << md.get("schemaObjTitle")
+		          << ", skipping object "
+		          << object.getFullName() << std::endl;
 	}
 
 	return reader;
diff --git a/source/blender/alembic/intern/alembic_capi.cc b/source/blender/alembic/intern/alembic_capi.cc
index 91e1c8f9736..44d902907c3 100644
--- a/source/blender/alembic/intern/alembic_capi.cc
+++ b/source/blender/alembic/intern/alembic_capi.cc
@@ -502,11 +502,10 @@ static bool visit_object(const IObject &object,
 		parent_is_part_of_this_object = true;
 	}
 	else {
-		std::cerr << "object is of unsupported schema type "
-		          << "'" << object.getMetaData().get("schemaObjTitle") << "'"
+		std::cerr << "Alembic object " << full_name
+		          << " is of unsupported schema type '"
+		          << object.getMetaData().get("schemaObjTitle") << "'"
 		          << std::endl;
-		BLI_assert(false);
-		return false;
 	}
 
 	if (reader) {