diff --git a/wpilibj/wpilibJavaJNI/lib/FRCNetworkCommunicationsLibrary.cpp b/wpilibj/wpilibJavaJNI/lib/FRCNetworkCommunicationsLibrary.cpp
index 9f63a5f396..dc734b766f 100644
--- a/wpilibj/wpilibJavaJNI/lib/FRCNetworkCommunicationsLibrary.cpp
+++ b/wpilibj/wpilibJavaJNI/lib/FRCNetworkCommunicationsLibrary.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_edu_wpi_first_wpilibj_communication_FRCNetworkCommun
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_edu_wpi_first_wpilibj_communication_FRCNetworkCommunicationsLibrary_FRCNetworkCommunicationReserve
   (JNIEnv *, jclass)
 {
-	assert(1 == HALInitialize(0));
+	int rv = HALInitialize(0);
+	assert(1 == rv);
 }
 
 /*