diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index e9d28dd43..41785dc56 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -2279,6 +2279,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(true, db && f && f->function() && f->function()->tokenDef->linenr() == 3  && f->function()->token->linenr() == 9);
 
         f = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "~ MyClass ( ) ;");
+        ASSERT(f != nullptr);
         f = f->next();
         ASSERT_EQUALS(true, db && f && f->function() && f->function()->tokenDef->linenr() == 4  && f->function()->token->linenr() == 8);
     }