diff --git a/snappy.cc b/snappy.cc
index b7dcdaa..e993c13 100644
--- a/snappy.cc
+++ b/snappy.cc
@@ -693,8 +693,8 @@ static inline void Report(const char *algorithm, size_t compressed_size,
 // };
 
 static inline uint32 ExtractLowBytes(uint32 v, int n) {
-  DCHECK_GE(n, 0);
-  DCHECK_LE(n, 4);
+  assert(n >= 0);
+  assert(n <= 4);
   // TODO(b/121042345): Remove !defined(MEMORY_SANITIZER) once MSan
   // handles _bzhi_u32() correctly.
 #if defined(__BMI2__) && !defined(MEMORY_SANITIZER)