diff --git a/src/testlib/qbenchmarkvalgrind.cpp b/src/testlib/qbenchmarkvalgrind.cpp
index a2c7345be3c..7adf8e4129b 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qbenchmarkvalgrind.cpp
+++ b/src/testlib/qbenchmarkvalgrind.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ qint64 QBenchmarkValgrindUtils::extractResult(const QString &fileName)
             break;
         }
     }
-    Q_ASSERT(valSeen);
+    if (!valSeen)
+        qFatal("Failed to extract result");
     return val;
 }