diff --git a/components/newlib/platform_include/assert.h b/components/newlib/platform_include/assert.h
index d800985b2a..ba01c798c9 100644
--- a/components/newlib/platform_include/assert.h
+++ b/components/newlib/platform_include/assert.h
@@ -23,8 +23,19 @@
 
 #include_next <assert.h>
 
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_ASSERTIONS_SILENT) && !defined(NDEBUG)
-#undef assert
-#define assert(__e) (likely(__e)) ? (void)0 : abort()       
+    #undef assert
+    #define assert(__e) (likely(__e)) ? (void)0 : abort()
+#else 
+    /* moved part of toolchain provided assert to there then
+     * we can tweak the original assert macro to perform likely
+     * before deliver it to original toolchain implementation 
+     */
+    #undef assert
+    #ifdef NDEBUG 
+    # define assert(__e) ((void)0)
+    #else
+    # define assert(__e) (likely(__e) ? (void)0 : __assert_func (__FILE__, __LINE__, \
+                                __ASSERT_FUNC, #__e))
+    #endif                            
 #endif