diff --git a/indra/viewer_components/updater/llupdatedownloader.cpp b/indra/viewer_components/updater/llupdatedownloader.cpp
index 75f896cc761b6851a8c44555e2466ebf08f218f8..efb55ab83abbcb82dae5a1e595c4154dd89dd1e0 100644
--- a/indra/viewer_components/updater/llupdatedownloader.cpp
+++ b/indra/viewer_components/updater/llupdatedownloader.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ LLUpdateDownloader::Implementation::Implementation(LLUpdateDownloader::Client &
 	mDownloadRecordPath(LLUpdateDownloader::downloadMarkerPath())
 {
 	CURLcode code = curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL); // Just in case.
-	llassert(code = CURLE_OK); // TODO: real error handling here. 
+	llverify(code == CURLE_OK); // TODO: real error handling here. 
 }