diff --git a/fsutils/ipcfg/ipcfg.c b/fsutils/ipcfg/ipcfg.c
index d1f00b3f4..ae73608ed 100644
--- a/fsutils/ipcfg/ipcfg.c
+++ b/fsutils/ipcfg/ipcfg.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <debug.h>
 
 #include "fsutils/ipcfg.h"
diff --git a/fsutils/ipcfg/ipcfg_binary.c b/fsutils/ipcfg/ipcfg_binary.c
index 8d4dc2b44..85baae3e0 100644
--- a/fsutils/ipcfg/ipcfg_binary.c
+++ b/fsutils/ipcfg/ipcfg_binary.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <debug.h>
 
 #include "fsutils/ipcfg.h"
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ int ipcfg_write_binary_ipv4(FAR const char *path,
   int fd;
   int ret;
 
-  DEBUGASSERT(fd >= 0 && ipv4cfg != NULL);
+  DEBUGASSERT(ipv4cfg != NULL);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_IPv6
   /* Read any IPv6 data in the file */
@@ -410,6 +411,7 @@ int ipcfg_write_binary_ipv4(FAR const char *path,
   /* Open the file for writing (truncates) */
 
   fd = ipcfg_open(path, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0666);
+  DEBUGASSERT(fd >= 0);
   if (fd < 0)
     {
       return fd;
diff --git a/fsutils/ipcfg/ipcfg_text.c b/fsutils/ipcfg/ipcfg_text.c
index ef89047f3..ab9f9d0da 100644
--- a/fsutils/ipcfg/ipcfg_text.c
+++ b/fsutils/ipcfg/ipcfg_text.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <debug.h>
 
 #include <arpa/inet.h>