diff --git a/attributes/maestro-schema.c b/attributes/maestro-schema.c
index 7e16b81cb382fbd280c2c9161294d36b2dec1b20..2fffc0c526eab1d5c8d845b9dbecd48a6e135829 100644
--- a/attributes/maestro-schema.c
+++ b/attributes/maestro-schema.c
@@ -3145,7 +3145,7 @@ mstro_attribute_val_cmp_str(mstro_schema_attribute attr,
       break;
       
     case MSTRO__POOL__AVAL__VAL_INT64:
-      assert(attrtype->kind == MSTRO_STP_UINT);
+      assert(attrtype->kind == MSTRO_STP_INT);
       lhsval = &aval->int64;
       break;