Fix segmentation fault

Author: shadchin

Objects/unicodeobject.c

@@ -1429,12 +1429,12 @@ _copy_characters(PyObject *to, Py_ssize_t to_start,
     assert(PyUnicode_Check(from));
     assert(from_start + how_many <= PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(from));
 
-    assert(PyUnicode_Check(to));
-    assert(to_start + how_many <= PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(to));
-
     if (how_many == 0)
         return 0;
 
+    assert(PyUnicode_Check(to));
+    assert(to_start + how_many <= PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(to));
+
     from_kind = PyUnicode_KIND(from);
     from_data = PyUnicode_DATA(from);
     to_kind = PyUnicode_KIND(to);