diff --git a/hw/core/numa.c b/hw/core/numa.c
index fb81c1ed51..1b5f44baea 100644
--- a/hw/core/numa.c
+++ b/hw/core/numa.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ void parse_numa_hmat_lb(NumaState *numa_state, NumaHmatLBOptions *node,
         }
         lb_data.data = node->bandwidth;
     } else {
-        assert(0);
+        g_assert_not_reached();
     }
 
     g_array_append_val(hmat_lb->list, lb_data);