1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_synth.c b/sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_synth.c
index fb64c890109b..962bb9c8b9c8 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_synth.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_synth.c
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ int snd_opl3_ioctl(struct snd_hwdep * hw, struct file *file,
         struct snd_opl3 *opl3 = hw->private_data;
         void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 
-        snd_assert(opl3 != NULL, return -EINVAL);
+        if (snd_BUG_ON(!opl3))
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         switch (cmd) {
                 /* get information */