diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_context.h b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_context.h
index e9c25fde9bd..56b0b0c8c37 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_context.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_context.h
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static inline void
 fd_context_dirty(struct fd_context *ctx, enum fd_dirty_3d_state dirty) assert_dt
 {
    assert(util_is_power_of_two_nonzero(dirty));
-   STATIC_ASSERT(ffs(dirty) <= ARRAY_SIZE(ctx->gen_dirty_map));
+   assert(ffs(dirty) <= ARRAY_SIZE(ctx->gen_dirty_map));
 
    ctx->gen_dirty |= ctx->gen_dirty_map[ffs(dirty) - 1];