diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/morph.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/morph.cpp
index 6ba44215a5f5da..420f980ce66ccc 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/morph.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/morph.cpp
@@ -9241,7 +9241,7 @@ GenTree* Compiler::fgMorphSmpOp(GenTree* tree, MorphAddrContext* mac, bool* optA
                 noway_assert(op1);
                 if (op1->IsCnsIntOrI())
                 {
-                    noway_assert(varTypeIsIntOrI(tree));
+                    noway_assert(varTypeIsIntegralOrI(tree));
 
                     // The type of the new GT_NEG node cannot just be op2->TypeGet().
                     // Otherwise we may sign-extend incorrectly in cases where the GT_NEG