diff --git a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp
index fa637b44e8b210f46ac11b7053e6f411b844aff3..7716c0094ff64433a69ae820eca2d9ead2b1a95b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp
@@ -2030,7 +2030,7 @@ void FakeVimHandler::Private::focus()
 
 void FakeVimHandler::Private::enterFakeVim()
 {
-    QTC_ASSERT(!m_inFakeVim, qDebug() << "enterFakeVim() shouldn't be called recursively!");
+    QTC_ASSERT(!m_inFakeVim, qDebug() << "enterFakeVim() shouldn't be called recursively!"; return);
 
     m_cursor = EDITOR(textCursor());
     m_inFakeVim = true;
@@ -2054,7 +2054,7 @@ void FakeVimHandler::Private::enterFakeVim()
 
 void FakeVimHandler::Private::leaveFakeVim(bool needUpdate)
 {
-    QTC_ASSERT(m_inFakeVim, qDebug() << "enterFakeVim() not called before leaveFakeVim()!");
+    QTC_ASSERT(m_inFakeVim, qDebug() << "enterFakeVim() not called before leaveFakeVim()!"; return);
 
     // The command might have destroyed the editor.
     if (m_textedit || m_plaintextedit) {