diff --git a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-tokens/cryptsetup-token-systemd-fido2.c b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-tokens/cryptsetup-token-systemd-fido2.c
index c1408a8440..0db0f562e5 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-tokens/cryptsetup-token-systemd-fido2.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-tokens/cryptsetup-token-systemd-fido2.c
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ _public_ int cryptsetup_token_open_pin(
 
         /* This must not fail at this moment (internal error) */
         r = crypt_token_json_get(cd, token, &json);
-        assert(token == r);
+        /* Use assert_se() here to avoid emitting warning with -DNDEBUG */
+        assert_se(token == r);
         assert(json);
 
         if (pin && memchr(pin, 0, pin_size - 1))
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-tokens/cryptsetup-token-systemd-pkcs11.c b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-tokens/cryptsetup-token-systemd-pkcs11.c
index 3b3fe2c1e0..c3e7fbd061 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-tokens/cryptsetup-token-systemd-pkcs11.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-tokens/cryptsetup-token-systemd-pkcs11.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ _public_ int cryptsetup_token_open_pin(
 
         /* This must not fail at this moment (internal error) */
         r = crypt_token_json_get(cd, token, &json);
-        assert(token == r);
+        /* Use assert_se() here to avoid emitting warning with -DNDEBUG */
+        assert_se(token == r);
         assert(json);
 
         return acquire_luks2_key(cd, json, usrptr, pin, pin_size, password, password_len);