diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/include/bootloader_util.h b/components/bootloader_support/include/bootloader_util.h
index 30f8bd8d2..500498d39 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/include/bootloader_util.h
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/include/bootloader_util.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ static inline bool bootloader_util_regions_overlap(
         const intptr_t start1, const intptr_t end1,
         const intptr_t start2, const intptr_t end2)
 {
-    return (end1 > start2 && end2 > start1) ||
-           !(end1 <= start2 || end2 <= start1);
+    assert(end1>start1);
+    assert(end2>start2);
+    return (end1 > start2 && end2 > start1);
 }