diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/SEI.cpp b/source/Lib/CommonLib/SEI.cpp
index 429d79a86bc9fcedd32c0261cb16dff38ed98c30..1bf177a55723bdc3ba732feb25473fc08b2b0ea2 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/SEI.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/SEI.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ uint32_t SEIMultiviewAcquisitionInfo::xGetSyntaxElementLen( int expo, int prec,
 
   assert( val >= 0 );
   const uint64_t MAX_VAL = (1llu << len) - 1;
-  assert( val <= MAX_VAL );
+  CHECK( val <= MAX_VAL, "Value is too big" );
   return len;
 }