diff --git a/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.cpp b/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.cpp
index 7677dae57c55439daa3b6971e219cb5846a9a900..85eeda470568a0557e2b4a1775713f700222aa08 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.cpp
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ bool CompiledStaticCall::is_call_to_interpreted() const {
 
 void CompiledStaticCall::set_to_interpreted(methodHandle callee, address entry) {
   address stub=find_stub();
-  assert(stub!=NULL, "stub not found");
+  guarantee(stub != NULL, "stub not found");
 
   if (TraceICs) {
     ResourceMark rm;