diff --git a/apps/app_queue.c b/apps/app_queue.c
index b3d4d408851c1f4ead50b34c38e67987edc2b711..f02ed44070a5b093ea29477569bba0c9df9c527a 100644
--- a/apps/app_queue.c
+++ b/apps/app_queue.c
@@ -3624,7 +3624,7 @@ static int ring_entry(struct queue_ent *qe, struct callattempt *tmp, int *busies
 		++*busies;
 		return 0;
 	}
-	ast_assert(qe->parent->ringinuse || tmp->member->call_pending);
+	ast_assert(tmp->member->ringinuse || tmp->member->call_pending);
 
 	ast_copy_string(tech, tmp->interface, sizeof(tech));
 	if ((location = strchr(tech, '/'))) {