diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/IpFieldMapper.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/IpFieldMapper.java
index 4f8d81c2ca200..d30a282c57f45 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/IpFieldMapper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/IpFieldMapper.java
@@ -257,8 +257,7 @@ public Query termQuery(Object value, @Nullable QueryShardContext context) {
 
         private Query indexOrDvQuery(Query pointQuery, Query dvQuery) {
             if (isSearchable() && hasDocValues()) {
-                assert pointQuery != null;
-                assert dvQuery != null;
+                assert pointQuery != null && dvQuery != null;
                 return new IndexOrDocValuesQuery(pointQuery, dvQuery);
             } else {
                 if (isSearchable()) {