diff --git a/target-cris/translate.c b/target-cris/translate.c
index e37b04e..76406af 100644
--- a/target-cris/translate.c
+++ b/target-cris/translate.c
@@ -169,9 +169,7 @@
 
 static inline void t_gen_mov_TN_preg(TCGv tn, int r)
 {
-    if (r < 0 || r > 15) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "wrong register read $p%d\n", r);
-    }
+    assert(r >= 0 && r <= 15);
     if (r == PR_BZ || r == PR_WZ || r == PR_DZ) {
         tcg_gen_mov_tl(tn, tcg_const_tl(0));
     } else if (r == PR_VR) {
@@ -182,9 +180,7 @@
 }
 static inline void t_gen_mov_preg_TN(DisasContext *dc, int r, TCGv tn)
 {
-    if (r < 0 || r > 15) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "wrong register write $p%d\n", r);
-    }
+    assert(r >= 0 && r <= 15);
     if (r == PR_BZ || r == PR_WZ || r == PR_DZ) {
         return;
     } else if (r == PR_SRS) {