diff --git a/src/pulsecore/memblockq.c b/src/pulsecore/memblockq.c
index 571107dac..16a62da5a 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/memblockq.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/memblockq.c
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ int pa_memblockq_push(pa_memblockq* bq, const pa_memchunk *uchunk) {
     pa_assert(uchunk->length > 0);
     pa_assert(uchunk->index + uchunk->length <= pa_memblock_get_length(uchunk->memblock));
 
-    pa_assert_se(uchunk->length % bq->base == 0);
+    pa_assert(uchunk->length % bq->base == 0);
+    pa_assert(uchunk->index % bq->base == 0);
 
     if (!can_push(bq, uchunk->length))
         return -1;