diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index b00b8917df9..fd14eab5918 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-09-21  Jonathan Wakely  <redi@gcc.gnu.org>
+	    Jack Howarth  <howarth@bromo.med.uc.edu>
+
+	PR c++/45645
+	* g++.dg/torture/pr44972.C: Use portable assert().
+
 2010-09-21  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	PR tree-optimization/45580
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/torture/pr44972.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/torture/pr44972.C
index 81806076c58..e409148da1c 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/torture/pr44972.C
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/torture/pr44972.C
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class optional : public optional_base<T>
 
     T const& get() const ;
 
-    T const* operator->() const { ((this->is_initialized()) ? static_cast<void> (0) : __assert_fail ("this->is_initialized()", "pr44972.C", 78, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__)) ; return this->get_ptr_impl() ; }
+    T const* operator->() const { assert(this->is_initialized()) ; return this->get_ptr_impl() ; }
 
 } ;