diff --git a/tools-webrtc/android/suppressions.xml b/tools-webrtc/android/suppressions.xml
index 6a36948c9f..52b0ad8371 100644
--- a/tools-webrtc/android/suppressions.xml
+++ b/tools-webrtc/android/suppressions.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   <!-- TODO(phoglund): make work with suppress.py or remove printout referring
        to suppress.py. -->
 
-  <issue id="Assert" severity="ignore"/>
   <issue id="UseSparseArrays" severity="ignore"/>
 
   <issue id="LongLogTag" severity="ignore"/>
diff --git a/webrtc/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/NetworkMonitorAutoDetect.java b/webrtc/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/NetworkMonitorAutoDetect.java
index 6bd727fd7f..c095485bbe 100644
--- a/webrtc/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/NetworkMonitorAutoDetect.java
+++ b/webrtc/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/NetworkMonitorAutoDetect.java
@@ -263,7 +263,10 @@ public class NetworkMonitorAutoDetect extends BroadcastReceiver {
           // ConnectivityManager.getDefaultNetwork() though this
           // may give confusing results with VPNs and is only
           // available with Android Marshmallow.
-          assert defaultNetId == INVALID_NET_ID;
+          if (defaultNetId != INVALID_NET_ID) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(
+                "Multiple connected networks of same type are not supported.");
+          }
           defaultNetId = networkToNetId(network);
         }
       }