diff --git a/webrtc/video/vie_encoder_unittest.cc b/webrtc/video/vie_encoder_unittest.cc
index 380c4fa768..faa48330aa 100644
--- a/webrtc/video/vie_encoder_unittest.cc
+++ b/webrtc/video/vie_encoder_unittest.cc
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ViEEncoderUnderTest : public ViEEncoder {
       down ? AdaptDown(reason) : AdaptUp(reason);
       event.Set();
     });
-    RTC_DCHECK(event.Wait(5000));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(event.Wait(5000));
   }
 
   void TriggerCpuOveruse() { PostTaskAndWait(true, AdaptReason::kCpu); }