diff --git a/libavcodec/nellymoserenc.c b/libavcodec/nellymoserenc.c
index 48caba23b9..1d046ec26f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/nellymoserenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/nellymoserenc.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static void get_exponent_dynamic(NellyMoserEncodeContext *s, float *cand, int *i
                 }
             }
         }
-        assert(c); //FIXME
+        av_assert1(c); //FIXME
     }
 
     best_val = INFINITY;