Index: kernel/generic/include/assert.h
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/include/assert.h	(revision 74b92e6dcb8ca8447f6463d617f4401565214f1a)
+++ kernel/generic/include/assert.h	(revision 7d1497cf9605db81e6e6f5acc0f6323496e8bfdb)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 #else /* CONFIG_DEBUG */
 
-#define assert(expr)
-#define assert_verbose(expr, msg)
-#define static_assert(expr, msg)
+#define assert(expr) ((void) 0)
+#define assert_verbose(expr, msg) ((void) 0)
+#define static_assert(expr, msg) ((void) 0)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG */