diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/tool_signature b/ci/licenses_golden/tool_signature
index 1b97f5a8b2fd9..bd4e546b7317a 100644
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/tool_signature
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/tool_signature
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Signature: ad6590b867473860a1e6b08bf9e98667
+Signature: 5b10e36374c7d600de6c632fde955f7d
 
diff --git a/tools/licenses/lib/licenses.dart b/tools/licenses/lib/licenses.dart
index 64045f9699699..dc1a18cb6d504 100644
--- a/tools/licenses/lib/licenses.dart
+++ b/tools/licenses/lib/licenses.dart
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ abstract class License implements Comparable<License> {
     if (!reformatted)
       body = _reformat(body);
     final License result = _registry.putIfAbsent(body, () {
+      assert(type != null);
       switch (type) {
         case LicenseType.bsd:
         case LicenseType.mit:
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ abstract class License implements Comparable<License> {
         case LicenseType.libpng:
           return BlankLicense._(body, type, origin: origin);
       }
+      return null;
     });
     assert(result.type == type);
     return result;