diff --git a/lib/libesp32/berry/src/be_module.c b/lib/libesp32/berry/src/be_module.c
index 3691ed324..f02b9dedb 100644
--- a/lib/libesp32/berry/src/be_module.c
+++ b/lib/libesp32/berry/src/be_module.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ int be_module_attr(bvm *vm, bmodule *module, bstring *attr, bvalue *dst)
 
 bbool be_module_setmember(bvm *vm, bmodule *module, bstring *attr, bvalue *src)
 {
-    assert(src);
+    be_assert(src);
     bmap *attrs = module->table;
     if (!gc_isconst(attrs)) {
         bvalue *v = be_map_findstr(vm, attrs, attr);