diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstxmptag.c b/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstxmptag.c
index 1fb7f3945b..5a51f62cd3 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstxmptag.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstxmptag.c
@@ -173,8 +173,11 @@ xmp_tag_type_get_name (GstXmpTagType tagtype)
     case GstXmpTagTypeBag:
       return "rdf:Bag";
     default:
-      g_assert_not_reached ();
+      break;
   }
+
+  /* Make compiler happy */
+  g_return_val_if_reached ("");
 }
 
 struct _PendingXmpTag