diff --git a/hw/i386/sgx-stub.c b/hw/i386/sgx-stub.c
index 26833eb233..16b1dfd90b 100644
--- a/hw/i386/sgx-stub.c
+++ b/hw/i386/sgx-stub.c
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ void pc_machine_init_sgx_epc(PCMachineState *pcms)
 
 bool sgx_epc_get_section(int section_nr, uint64_t *addr, uint64_t *size)
 {
-    g_assert_not_reached();
+    return true;
 }