1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index c1a9b60044..ba7007da39 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ static void
 ruby_external_gc_init(void)
 {
     // Assert that the directory path ends with a /
-    GC_ASSERT(SHARED_GC_DIR[strlen(SHARED_GC_DIR) - 2] == '/');
+    RUBY_ASSERT_ALWAYS(SHARED_GC_DIR[sizeof(SHARED_GC_DIR) - 2] == '/');
 
     char *gc_so_file = getenv(RUBY_GC_LIBRARY);