diff --git a/lib/VMCore/BasicBlock.cpp b/lib/VMCore/BasicBlock.cpp
index 48aa7cfe6f2..dd529f8ee32 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/BasicBlock.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/BasicBlock.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ BasicBlock::BasicBlock(const std::string &Name, Function *Parent,
 
 
 BasicBlock::~BasicBlock() {
-  assert(Parent == 0 && "BasicBlock still linked into the program!");
+  assert(getParent() == 0 && "BasicBlock still linked into the program!");
   dropAllReferences();
   InstList.clear();
 }