diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_bl2_setup.c b/plat/arm/common/arm_bl2_setup.c
index cdf87ca..9adb1ea 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_bl2_setup.c
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_bl2_setup.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 	bl_mem_params_node_t *pager_mem_params = NULL;
 	bl_mem_params_node_t *paged_mem_params = NULL;
 #endif
-	assert(bl_mem_params);
+	assert(bl_mem_params != NULL);
 
 	switch (image_id) {
 #ifdef __aarch64__