diff --git a/js/src/ds/LifoAlloc.cpp b/js/src/ds/LifoAlloc.cpp
index 0d9707af3051..bd1cf7c5e0b7 100644
--- a/js/src/ds/LifoAlloc.cpp
+++ b/js/src/ds/LifoAlloc.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ LifoAlloc::getOrCreateChunk(size_t n)
     }
 
     // If we get here, we couldn't find an existing BumpChunk to fill the request.
+    MOZ_ASSERT(fallibleScope_, "[OOM] Cannot allocate a new chunk in an infallible scope.");
     BumpChunk* newChunk = BumpChunk::new_(chunkSize);
     if (!newChunk)
         return nullptr;