diff --git a/hipamd/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_runtime.h b/hipamd/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_runtime.h
index 2386ea08cb..379fc05f5b 100644
--- a/hipamd/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_runtime.h
+++ b/hipamd/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_runtime.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ extern int HIP_TRACE_API;
 // TODO-HCC add a dummy implementation of assert, need to replace with a proper kernel exit call.
 #if __HIP_DEVICE_COMPILE__ == 1
    #undef assert
-   #define assert(COND) { if (!COND) {abort();} }
+   #define assert(COND) { if (!(COND)) {abort();} }
 #endif