diff --git a/source/event_loop.c b/source/event_loop.c
index aa239921f..ce6e5b995 100644
--- a/source/event_loop.c
+++ b/source/event_loop.c
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ int aws_event_loop_stop(struct aws_event_loop *event_loop) {
 }
 
 int aws_event_loop_wait_for_stop_completion(struct aws_event_loop *event_loop) {
-    AWS_EVENT_LOOP_NOT_CALLER_THREAD()
+    AWS_ASSERT(!aws_event_loop_thread_is_callers_thread(event_loop));
     AWS_ASSERT(event_loop->vtable && event_loop->vtable->wait_for_stop_completion);
     return event_loop->vtable->wait_for_stop_completion(event_loop);
 }