diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/assertionprop.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/assertionprop.cpp
index db5b6a6c97006..fab5ed80d9fd8 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/assertionprop.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/assertionprop.cpp
@@ -4356,8 +4356,7 @@ GenTree* Compiler::optAssertionPropLocal_RelOp(ASSERT_VALARG_TP assertions, GenT
         foldResult = !foldResult;
     }
 
-    op2->AsIntCon()->gtIconVal = foldResult;
-    op2->gtType                = TYP_INT;
+    op2->BashToConst((ssize_t)foldResult, TYP_INT);
 
     return optAssertionProp_Update(op2, tree, stmt);
 }