1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/alter.c b/src/alter.c
index 16b7a9e19..3419059fa 100644
--- a/src/alter.c
+++ b/src/alter.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ void sqlite3AlterFinishAddColumn(Parse *pParse, Token *pColDef){
     rc = sqlite3ValueFromExpr(db, pDflt, SQLITE_UTF8, SQLITE_AFF_BLOB, &pVal);
     assert( rc==SQLITE_OK || rc==SQLITE_NOMEM );
     if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
-      db->mallocFailed = 1;
+      assert( db->mallocFailed = 1 );
       return;
     }
     if( !pVal ){