diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/rvv/autovec/vls-vlmax/full-vec-move1.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/rvv/autovec/vls-vlmax/full-vec-move1.c
index d73bad4af6f..fae2ae91572 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/rvv/autovec/vls-vlmax/full-vec-move1.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/rvv/autovec/vls-vlmax/full-vec-move1.c
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 /* { dg-additional-options "-std=c99 -O3 -march=rv64gcv_zvl128b -mabi=lp64d -fno-vect-cost-model -mrvv-vector-bits=zvl" } */
 
 #include <stdint-gcc.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 
 /* This would cause us to emit a vl1r.v for VNx4HImode even when
    the hardware vector size vl > 64.  */
 
+extern int16_t test_element (int16_t);
+
 typedef int16_t V __attribute__((vector_size (128)));
 
 int main ()
@@ -14,9 +15,10 @@ int main ()
   V v;
   for (int i = 0; i < sizeof (v) / sizeof (v[0]); i++)
     (v)[i] = i;
+
   V res = v;
   for (int i = 0; i < sizeof (v) / sizeof (v[0]); i++)
-    assert (res[i] == i);
+    test_element (res[i]);
 }
 
 /* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {vl[1248]r.v} } }  */