diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/compress-offload-api.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/compress-offload-api.c
index 38ad1870a..ed32cbfc0 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/compress-offload-api.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/compress-offload-api.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int compress_offload_api_set_params(struct compress_offload_api_context *context
 	);
 	assert(
 		(num_fragments == 0) ||
-		((num_fragments >= context->caps.min_fragments) && (fragment_size <= context->caps.max_fragments))
+		((num_fragments >= context->caps.min_fragments) && (num_fragments <= context->caps.max_fragments))
 	);
 
 	context->fragment_size = (fragment_size != 0) ? fragment_size : context->caps.min_fragment_size;