diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1BlockOffsetTable.inline.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1BlockOffsetTable.inline.hpp
index f70cb118627..058a9f58785 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1BlockOffsetTable.inline.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1BlockOffsetTable.inline.hpp
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ inline HeapWord* G1BlockOffsetTablePart::forward_to_block_containing_addr(HeapWo
         "start of block must be an initialized object");
     n += block_size(q);
   }
-  assert(q <= n, "wrong order for q and addr");
+  assert(q <= addr, "wrong order for q and addr");
   assert(addr < n, "wrong order for addr and n");
   return q;
 }