diff --git a/compiler-rt/test/scudo/overflow.cpp b/compiler-rt/test/scudo/overflow.cpp
index c93a544..d128245 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/test/scudo/overflow.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/test/scudo/overflow.cpp
@@ -10,20 +10,20 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-  assert(argc == 2);
   ssize_t offset = sizeof(void *) == 8 ? 8 : 0;
+
+  assert(argc == 2);
+
   if (!strcmp(argv[1], "malloc")) {
     // Simulate a header corruption of an allocated chunk (1-bit)
     void *p = malloc(1U << 4);
-    if (!p)
-      return 1;
+    assert(p);
     ((char *)p)[-(offset + 1)] ^= 1;
     free(p);
   }
   if (!strcmp(argv[1], "quarantine")) {
     void *p = malloc(1U << 4);
-    if (!p)
-      return 1;
+    assert(p);
     free(p);
     // Simulate a header corruption of a quarantined chunk
     ((char *)p)[-(offset + 2)] ^= 1;