diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/linux/cgroupSubsystem_linux.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/linux/cgroupSubsystem_linux.cpp
index 13a005591fb..4a2d75ecdf3 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/cgroupSubsystem_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/cgroupSubsystem_linux.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 // Inlined from <linux/magic.h> for portability.
 #ifndef CGROUP2_SUPER_MAGIC
 #  define CGROUP2_SUPER_MAGIC 0x63677270
+#else
+  STATIC_ASSERT(CGROUP2_SUPER_MAGIC == 0x63677270);
 #endif
 
 // controller names have to match the *_IDX indices