diff --git a/util/ego/ca/ca.c b/util/ego/ca/ca.c
index e3f49e63..77452574 100644
--- a/util/ego/ca/ca.c
+++ b/util/ego/ca/ca.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ STATIC int makedmap(dbl)
 	for (d = dbl; d != (dblock_p) 0; d = d->d_next) cnt++;
 	dmap = (dblock_p *) newmap(cnt);
 	for (d = dbl; d != (dblock_p) 0; d = d->d_next) {
-		assert(d->d_id) <= cnt;
+		assert(d->d_id <= cnt);
 		dmap[d->d_id] = d;
 	}
 	return cnt;