diff --git a/src/modules/module-combine.c b/src/modules/module-combine.c
index 6ed4f1413..6e4e92772 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-combine.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-combine.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static void sink_input_kill_cb(pa_sink_input *i) {
     struct output *o;
 
     pa_sink_input_assert_ref(i);
-    pa_assert(o = i->userdata);
+    pa_assert_se(o = i->userdata);
 
     pa_module_unload_request(o->userdata->module, TRUE);
     output_free(o);
diff --git a/src/modules/module-jack-source.c b/src/modules/module-jack-source.c
index 38b63751a..373d56e2b 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-jack-source.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-jack-source.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int jack_process(jack_nframes_t nframes, void *arg) {
     pa_assert(u);
 
     for (c = 0; c < u->channels; c++)
-        pa_assert(buffer[c] = jack_port_get_buffer(u->port[c], nframes));
+        pa_assert_se(buffer[c] = jack_port_get_buffer(u->port[c], nframes));
 
     /* We interleave the data and pass it on to the other RT thread */