diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/hwintrinsicxarch.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/hwintrinsicxarch.cpp
index bee8e827f3a042..ce57844f48cd87 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/hwintrinsicxarch.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/hwintrinsicxarch.cpp
@@ -702,8 +702,11 @@ GenTree* Compiler::impBaseIntrinsic(NamedIntrinsic        intrinsic,
         {
             assert(sig->numArgs == 1);
             assert(HWIntrinsicInfo::BaseTypeFromFirstArg(intrinsic));
-            assert(simdBaseJitType ==
-                   getBaseJitTypeAndSizeOfSIMDType(info.compCompHnd->getArgClass(sig, sig->args), &simdSize));
+
+            CorInfoType op1SimdBaseJitType =
+                getBaseJitTypeAndSizeOfSIMDType(info.compCompHnd->getArgClass(sig, sig->args), &simdSize);
+
+            assert(simdBaseJitType == op1SimdBaseJitType);
 
             switch (getSIMDTypeForSize(simdSize))
             {