diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.c b/ggml/src/ggml.c
index 212be9fe..28ee46e0 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.c
@@ -13709,7 +13709,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_get_rows_q(
         const int64_t i10 = (i - i12*ne11*ne10 - i11*ne10);
         const int64_t i01 = *(int32_t *) ((char *) src1->data + i10*nb10 + i11*nb11 + i12*nb12);
 
-        assert(i01 >= 0 && i01 < ne01);
+        GGML_ASSERT(i01 >= 0 && i01 < ne01);
 
         dequantize_row_q(
                 (const void *) ((char *) src0->data + i01*nb01 + i11*nb02 + i12*nb03),
@@ -13750,7 +13750,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_get_rows_f16(
         const int64_t i10 = (i - i12*ne11*ne10 - i11*ne10);
         const int64_t i01 = *(int32_t *) ((char *) src1->data + i10*nb10 + i11*nb11 + i12*nb12);
 
-        assert(i01 >= 0 && i01 < ne01);
+        GGML_ASSERT(i01 >= 0 && i01 < ne01);
 
         ggml_fp16_to_fp32_row(
                 (const void *) ((char *) src0->data + i01*nb01 + i11*nb02 + i12*nb03),
@@ -13791,7 +13791,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_get_rows_bf16(
         const int64_t i10 = (i - i12*ne11*ne10 - i11*ne10);
         const int64_t i01 = *(int32_t *) ((char *) src1->data + i10*nb10 + i11*nb11 + i12*nb12);
 
-        assert(i01 >= 0 && i01 < ne01);
+        GGML_ASSERT(i01 >= 0 && i01 < ne01);
 
         ggml_bf16_to_fp32_row(
                 (const void *) ((char *) src0->data + i01*nb01 + i11*nb02 + i12*nb03),
@@ -13832,7 +13832,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_get_rows_f32(
         const int64_t i10 = (i - i12*ne11*ne10 - i11*ne10);
         const int64_t i01 = *(int32_t *) ((char *) src1->data + i10*nb10 + i11*nb11 + i12*nb12);
 
-        assert(i01 >= 0 && i01 < ne01);
+        GGML_ASSERT(i01 >= 0 && i01 < ne01);
 
         ggml_vec_cpy_f32(nc,
                 (float *) ((char *)  dst->data + i10*nb1  + i11*nb2  + i12*nb3),