diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/Windows/Signals.inc b/llvm/lib/Support/Windows/Signals.inc
index d109a66d7035..f40ca72996a1 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/Windows/Signals.inc
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/Windows/Signals.inc
@@ -405,7 +405,10 @@ static void RegisterHandler() {
   // If we cannot load up the APIs (which would be unexpected as they should
   // exist on every version of Windows we support), we will bail out since
   // there would be nothing to report.
-  assert(load64BitDebugHelp() && "These APIs should always be available");
+  if (!load64BitDebugHelp()) {
+    assert(false && "These APIs should always be available");
+    return;
+  }
 
   if (RegisteredUnhandledExceptionFilter) {
     EnterCriticalSection(&CriticalSection);