diff --git a/lib/zstd/common/zstd_deps.h b/lib/zstd/common/zstd_deps.h
index 7a5bf44839c9..f06df065dec0 100644
--- a/lib/zstd/common/zstd_deps.h
+++ b/lib/zstd/common/zstd_deps.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static uint64_t ZSTD_div64(uint64_t dividend, uint32_t divisor) {
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 
-#define assert(x) WARN_ON((x))
+#define assert(x) WARN_ON(!(x))
 
 #endif /* ZSTD_DEPS_ASSERT */
 #endif /* ZSTD_DEPS_NEED_ASSERT */