diff --git a/src/utils/Messenger.hpp b/src/utils/Messenger.hpp
index bc2ed9498dfb85601113f134a92a142389f32734..6bb5d4cb024c03b1f76a1fe99706e2567c0ff121 100644
--- a/src/utils/Messenger.hpp
+++ b/src/utils/Messenger.hpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Messenger
     static_assert(std::is_arithmetic_v<SendDataType>);
 
     Assert((sent_array.size() % m_size) == 0);
-    Assert(recv_array.size() == recv_array.size());
+    Assert(sent_array.size() == recv_array.size());
 
     const int count = sent_array.size()/m_size;