diff --git a/runtime/compiler/control/CompilationThread.cpp b/runtime/compiler/control/CompilationThread.cpp
index 725fd80f045..8802f1dc7cc 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler/control/CompilationThread.cpp
+++ b/runtime/compiler/control/CompilationThread.cpp
@@ -11955,7 +11955,9 @@ TR::CompilationInfo::replenishInvocationCount(J9Method *method, TR::Compilation
       }
    else
       {
-      TR_ASSERT(false, "Unexpected value for method->extra = %p (method=%p)\n", TR::CompilationInfo::getJ9MethodExtra(method), method);
+      TR_ASSERT(comp->getOptimizationPlan()->isExplicitCompilation(),
+         "Unexpected value for method->extra = %p (method=%p)\n",
+         TR::CompilationInfo::getJ9MethodExtra(method), method);
       }
    }