diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/lowerarmarch.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/lowerarmarch.cpp
index 07043e8b31b7a..acde07d7d91f9 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/lowerarmarch.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/lowerarmarch.cpp
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ void Lowering::LowerBlockStore(GenTreeBlk* blkNode)
         else
         {
             // CI Test
-            assert(!blkNode->ContainsReferences());
+            assert(!blkNode->IsOnHeapAndContainsReferences());
             blkNode->gtBlkOpKind = GenTreeBlk::BlkOpKindHelper;
         }
     }