diff --git a/src/import/pull-tar.c b/src/import/pull-tar.c
index a235c2fba3..fe18636eb7 100644
--- a/src/import/pull-tar.c
+++ b/src/import/pull-tar.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static void tar_pull_job_on_finished(PullJob *j) {
                 else if (j == p->settings_job)
                         log_info_errno(j->error, "Settings file could not be retrieved, proceeding without.");
                 else
-                        assert("unexpected job");
+                        assert_not_reached();
         }
 
         /* This is invoked if either the download completed successfully, or the download was skipped because