diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/javaClasses.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/javaClasses.cpp
index d3662d5d5f4..b2932cd7e88 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/javaClasses.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/javaClasses.cpp
@@ -4782,9 +4782,9 @@ void JavaClasses::compute_hard_coded_offsets() {
 // Compute non-hard-coded field offsets of all the classes in this file
 void JavaClasses::compute_offsets() {
   if (UseSharedSpaces) {
-    assert(JvmtiExport::is_early_phase() && !(JvmtiExport::should_post_class_file_load_hook() &&
-                                              JvmtiExport::has_early_class_hook_env()),
-           "JavaClasses::compute_offsets() must be called in early JVMTI phase.");
+    JVMTI_ONLY(assert(JvmtiExport::is_early_phase() && !(JvmtiExport::should_post_class_file_load_hook() &&
+                                                         JvmtiExport::has_early_class_hook_env()),
+                      "JavaClasses::compute_offsets() must be called in early JVMTI phase."));
     // None of the classes used by the rest of this function can be replaced by
     // JMVTI ClassFileLoadHook.
     // We are safe to use the archived offsets, which have already been restored
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp
index b4bf3fe8758..2d60154b6bf 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp
@@ -2070,8 +2070,8 @@ void SystemDictionary::resolve_well_known_classes(TRAPS) {
 
 #ifdef ASSERT
   if (UseSharedSpaces) {
-    assert(JvmtiExport::is_early_phase(),
-           "All well known classes must be resolved in JVMTI early phase");
+    JVMTI_ONLY(assert(JvmtiExport::is_early_phase(),
+                      "All well known classes must be resolved in JVMTI early phase"));
     for (int i = FIRST_WKID; i < last; i++) {
       InstanceKlass* k = _well_known_klasses[i];
       assert(k->is_shared(), "must not be replaced by JVMTI class file load hook");