diff --git a/libavcodec/x86/mpegvideoenc_template.c b/libavcodec/x86/mpegvideoenc_template.c
index d874f39ec7..47c3b43f94 100644
--- a/libavcodec/x86/mpegvideoenc_template.c
+++ b/libavcodec/x86/mpegvideoenc_template.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int RENAME(dct_quantize)(MpegEncContext *s,
     const uint16_t *qmat, *bias;
     LOCAL_ALIGNED_16(int16_t, temp_block, [64]);
 
-    assert((7&(int)(&temp_block[0])) == 0); //did gcc align it correctly?
+    av_assert2((7&(int)(&temp_block[0])) == 0); //did gcc align it correctly?
 
     //s->fdct (block);
     RENAMEl(ff_fdct) (block); //cannot be anything else ...