http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50602
--- Comment #2 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-10-04 11:03:58 UTC --- #7 0x000000000075ac05 in tree_nrv () at ../../gcc/gcc/tree-nrv.c:155 155 gcc_assert (ret_val == result); (gdb) p ret_val $3 = (tree_node *) 0x0 but ... ret_val = gimple_return_retval (stmt); if (ret_val) gcc_assert (ret_val == result); so the assert is guarded against this case.