diff --git a/base/runtime/core_builtin.odin b/base/runtime/core_builtin.odin
index 02278a356..6e0fe931a 100644
--- a/base/runtime/core_builtin.odin
+++ b/base/runtime/core_builtin.odin
@@ -893,8 +893,8 @@ _reserve_dynamic_array :: #force_no_inline proc(a: ^Raw_Dynamic_Array, size_of_e
 
 	if a.allocator.procedure == nil {
 		a.allocator = context.allocator
+		assert(a.allocator.procedure != nil)
 	}
-	assert(a.allocator.procedure != nil)
 
 	old_size  := a.cap * size_of_elem
 	new_size  := capacity * size_of_elem
@@ -953,8 +953,8 @@ _resize_dynamic_array :: #force_no_inline proc(a: ^Raw_Dynamic_Array, size_of_el
 
 	if a.allocator.procedure == nil {
 		a.allocator = context.allocator
+		assert(a.allocator.procedure != nil)
 	}
-	assert(a.allocator.procedure != nil)
 
 	old_size  := a.cap  * size_of_elem
 	new_size  := length * size_of_elem
@@ -1023,8 +1023,8 @@ _shrink_dynamic_array :: proc(a: ^Raw_Dynamic_Array, size_of_elem, align_of_elem
 
 	if a.allocator.procedure == nil {
 		a.allocator = context.allocator
+		assert(a.allocator.procedure != nil)
 	}
-	assert(a.allocator.procedure != nil)
 
 	old_size := a.cap * size_of_elem
 	new_size := new_cap * size_of_elem