diff --git a/cint/cling/lib/Interpreter/CIFactory.cpp b/cint/cling/lib/Interpreter/CIFactory.cpp
index 2a841b0781b006f917004929d6f68cc7921c1246..d935478fc6a533684bf1f625cc2507d8f4c72412 100644
--- a/cint/cling/lib/Interpreter/CIFactory.cpp
+++ b/cint/cling/lib/Interpreter/CIFactory.cpp
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ namespace cling {
     // CI->getCodeGenOpts().DebugInfo = 1; // want debug info
     // CI->getCodeGenOpts().EmitDeclMetadata = 1; // For unloading, for later
     CI->getCodeGenOpts().OptimizationLevel = 0; // see pure SSA, that comes out
-    assert((CI->getCodeGenOpts().VerifyModule == 1) 
-           && "When asserts are on, let's also assert the module");
+    // When asserts are on, TURN ON not compare the VerifyModule
+    assert(CI->getCodeGenOpts().VerifyModule = 1);
     return CI;
   }