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-rw-r--r--hw/unicore32/puv3.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hw/unicore32/puv3.c b/hw/unicore32/puv3.c
index e9d1a60b6f..ff62efb4df 100644
--- a/hw/unicore32/puv3.c
+++ b/hw/unicore32/puv3.c
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ static void puv3_load_kernel(const char *kernel_filename)
     if (kernel_filename == NULL && qtest_enabled()) {
         return;
     }
-    assert(kernel_filename != NULL);
+    if (kernel_filename == NULL) {
+        error_report("kernel parameter cannot be empty");
+        exit(1);
+    }
 
     /* only zImage format supported */
     size = load_image_targphys(kernel_filename, KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR,