diff --git a/nano/node/rocksdb/rocksdb_iterator.hpp b/nano/node/rocksdb/rocksdb_iterator.hpp
index fa4cb9b12..3da45556a 100644
--- a/nano/node/rocksdb/rocksdb_iterator.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/rocksdb/rocksdb_iterator.hpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public:
 
 		auto result (std::memcmp (current.first.data (), other_a->current.first.data (), current.first.size ()) == 0);
 		debug_assert (!result || (current.first.size () == other_a->current.first.size ()));
-		debug_assert (!result || (current.second.data () == other_a->current.second.data ()));
+		debug_assert (!result || std::memcmp (current.second.data (), other_a->current.second.data (), current.second.size ()) == 0);
 		debug_assert (!result || (current.second.size () == other_a->current.second.size ()));
 		return result;
 	}