diff --git a/glib/gvarianttypeinfo.c b/glib/gvarianttypeinfo.c
index c1705d887..ca4e96de6 100644
--- a/glib/gvarianttypeinfo.c
+++ b/glib/gvarianttypeinfo.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static void
 g_variant_type_info_check (const GVariantTypeInfo *info,
                            char                    container_class)
 {
-#ifdef G_ENABLE_DEBUG
+#if defined(G_ENABLE_DEBUG) && !defined(G_DISABLE_ASSERT)
   g_assert (!container_class || info->container_class == container_class);
 
   /* alignment can only be one of these */
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ g_variant_type_info_check (const GVariantTypeInfo *info,
       g_assert (0 <= index && index < 24);
       g_assert (g_variant_type_info_basic_chars[index][0] != ' ');
     }
-#endif /* G_ENABLE_DEBUG */
+#endif /* G_ENABLE_DEBUG && !G_DISABLE_ASSERT */
 }
 
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