diff --git a/src/node_crypto.cc b/src/node_crypto.cc
index e33ab227b4c..0298e92683a 100644
--- a/src/node_crypto.cc
+++ b/src/node_crypto.cc
@@ -3277,7 +3277,7 @@ static ManagedEVPPKey GetPublicOrPrivateKeyFromJs(
           is_public = false;
           break;
         default:
-          CHECK(!"Invalid key encoding type");
+          CHECK(false);
       }
 
       if (is_public) {