diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6ecabfb2b52019428e3a83a67bbafe2c841cb769..d768171dcfaae012bbcdf9f0cd04329c438ed8ae 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2982,6 +2982,9 @@ sub process {
 		if ($line =~ /\bsysconf\(_SC_PAGESIZE\)/) {
 			ERROR("use qemu_real_host_page_size() instead of sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE)\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
+		if ($line =~ /\b(g_)?assert\(0\)/) {
+			ERROR("use g_assert_not_reached() instead of assert(0)\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
 		my $non_exit_glib_asserts = qr{g_assert_cmpstr|
 						g_assert_cmpint|
 						g_assert_cmpuint|