diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/lower.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/lower.cpp
index 8e7976a0e1e9d3..9aea78e2242f38 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/lower.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/lower.cpp
@@ -12009,9 +12009,9 @@ bool Lowering::TryLowerAndNegativeOne(GenTreeOp* node, GenTree** nextNode)
     if (!op2->IsIntegralConst(-1))
         return false;
 
-#ifndef TARGET_64BIT
+#if LOWER_DECOMPOSE_LONGS
     assert(op2->TypeIs(TYP_INT));
-#endif // !TARGET_64BIT
+#endif // LOWER_DECOMPOSE_LONGS
 
     GenTree* op1 = node->gtGetOp1();