diff --git a/test/test-ringbuffer-boundary-read.c b/test/test-ringbuffer-boundary-read.c
index 5a8fb8f..642c345 100644
--- a/test/test-ringbuffer-boundary-read.c
+++ b/test/test-ringbuffer-boundary-read.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	size_t len, pos;
 	int rc;
 
-	assert(sizeof(in_buf) * 2 > 10);
+	static_assert(sizeof(in_buf) * 2 > 10, "");
 
 	rb = ringbuffer_init(10);
 	rbc = ringbuffer_consumer_register(rb, ringbuffer_poll_nop, NULL);