diff --git a/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c b/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c
index d16b8bbcb1..626c04a39f 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ void bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(BIOSLinker *linker,
     const BiosLinkerFileEntry *source_file =
         bios_linker_find_file(linker, src_file);
 
+    assert(dst_file);
+    assert(source_file);
     assert(dst_patched_offset < dst_file->blob->len);
     assert(dst_patched_offset + dst_patched_size <= dst_file->blob->len);
     assert(src_offset < source_file->blob->len);