diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/thread/JavaThreads.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/thread/JavaThreads.java
index e804916854f2..4f8d60284a79 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/thread/JavaThreads.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/thread/JavaThreads.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -439,7 +439,11 @@ static void blockedOn(Target_sun_nio_ch_Interruptible b) {
     public static long getCurrentThreadId() {
         long id = currentVThreadId.get();
         if (GraalDirectives.inIntrinsic()) {
-            ReplacementsUtil.dynamicAssert(id != 0 && id == getThreadId(Thread.currentThread()), "ids must match");
+            // The condition may throw so we must manually wrap the assert in this if, otherwise the
+            // compiler is not allowed to remove the evaluation
+            if (ReplacementsUtil.REPLACEMENTS_ASSERTIONS_ENABLED) {
+                ReplacementsUtil.dynamicAssert(id != 0 && id == getThreadId(Thread.currentThread()), "ids must match");
+            }
         } else {
             assert id != 0 && id == getThreadId(Thread.currentThread());
         }