diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
index 98f9c760af..53da8c12a6 100644
--- a/src/util/util.c
+++ b/src/util/util.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ int strlogicalcmp(char const *a, char const *b) {
 	}
 
 	assert(false);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 utf8 * safe_strtrunc(utf8 * text, size_t size)