diff --git a/hw/virtio-rng.c b/hw/virtio-rng.c
index f4ed9cf92a..df329f25e1 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-rng.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-rng.c
@@ -173,10 +173,9 @@ VirtIODevice *virtio_rng_init(DeviceState *dev, VirtIORNGConf *conf)
     vrng->qdev = dev;
     vrng->conf = conf;
 
+    assert(vrng->conf->max_bytes <= INT64_MAX);
     vrng->quota_remaining = vrng->conf->max_bytes;
 
-    g_assert_cmpint(vrng->conf->max_bytes, <=, INT64_MAX);
-
     vrng->rate_limit_timer = qemu_new_timer_ms(vm_clock,
                                                check_rate_limit, vrng);