diff --git a/components/bt/bluedroid/hci/hci_hal_h4.c b/components/bt/bluedroid/hci/hci_hal_h4.c
index ee738fa4f4..e910a9c139 100644
--- a/components/bt/bluedroid/hci/hci_hal_h4.c
+++ b/components/bt/bluedroid/hci/hci_hal_h4.c
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ static int host_recv_pkt_cb(uint8_t *data, uint16_t len)
     //pkt = (BT_HDR *)hci_hal_env.allocator->alloc(pkt_size);
     if (!pkt) {
         HCI_TRACE_ERROR("%s couldn't aquire memory for inbound data buffer.\n", __func__);
+        assert(pkt!=NULL);
         return -1;
     }
     pkt->offset = 0;