diff --git a/drivers/crypto/armv8/armv8_pmd_private.h b/drivers/crypto/armv8/armv8_pmd_private.h
index 709b3d536..66b03fb92 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/armv8/armv8_pmd_private.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/armv8/armv8_pmd_private.h
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ extern int crypto_armv8_log_type;
 			RTE_STR(CRYPTODEV_NAME_ARMV8_PMD),	\
 			__func__, __LINE__, ## args)
 
-#define ARMV8_CRYPTO_ASSERT(con)				\
-do {								\
-	if (!(con)) {						\
-		rte_panic("condition failed, line %u",		\
-			__LINE__);				\
-	}							\
-} while (0)
-
 #define NBBY		8		/* Number of bits in a byte */
 #define BYTE_LENGTH(x)	((x) / NBBY)	/* Number of bytes in x (round down) */
 
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/armv8/rte_armv8_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/armv8/rte_armv8_pmd.c
index a2b08d818..c95729db5 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/armv8/rte_armv8_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/armv8/rte_armv8_pmd.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ process_armv8_chained_op(struct armv8_crypto_qp *qp, struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 	arg.cipher.key = sess->cipher.key.data;
 	/* Acquire combined mode function */
 	crypto_func = sess->crypto_func;
-	ARMV8_CRYPTO_ASSERT(crypto_func != NULL);
+	RTE_VERIFY(crypto_func != NULL);
 	error = crypto_func(csrc, cdst, clen, asrc, adst, alen, &arg);
 	if (error != 0) {
 		op->status = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_INVALID_ARGS;