diff --git a/tests/unit/check-block-qdict.c b/tests/unit/check-block-qdict.c
index 5a25825093..751c58e737 100644
--- a/tests/unit/check-block-qdict.c
+++ b/tests/unit/check-block-qdict.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static void qdict_crumple_test_empty(void)
     src = qdict_new();
 
     dst = qobject_to(QDict, qdict_crumple(src, &error_abort));
-
+    g_assert(dst);
     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_size(dst), ==, 0);
 
     qobject_unref(src);