diff --git a/helpers/setuid/setuid-wrapper.c b/helpers/setuid/setuid-wrapper.c
index 142dc2331a7..30452fc7b7b 100644
--- a/helpers/setuid/setuid-wrapper.c
+++ b/helpers/setuid/setuid-wrapper.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * * argv)
     //printf("%d %d\n", geteuid(), getegid());
 
     struct stat st;
-    if (lstat(self, &st) == -1) abort();
+    assert (lstat(self, &st) != -1);
 
     //printf("%d %d\n", st.st_uid, st.st_gid);