diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/default_signal.cpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/default_signal.cpp
index 097d204356..44348d03c0 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/default_signal.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/default_signal.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ hsa_signal_value_t DefaultSignal::WaitRelaxed(hsa_signal_condition_t condition,
   bool condition_met = false;
   int64_t value;
 
-  assert(!g_use_interrupt_wait && "Use of non-host signal in host signal wait API.");
+  debug_warning(!g_use_interrupt_wait && "Use of non-host signal in host signal wait API.");
 
   timer::fast_clock::time_point start_time, time;
   start_time = timer::fast_clock::now();