diff --git a/compiler/optimizing/code_generator_arm.cc b/compiler/optimizing/code_generator_arm.cc
index 38fa043..41d8017 100644
--- a/compiler/optimizing/code_generator_arm.cc
+++ b/compiler/optimizing/code_generator_arm.cc
@@ -1243,6 +1243,10 @@
 }
 
 void LocationsBuilderARM::VisitInvokeStaticOrDirect(HInvokeStaticOrDirect* invoke) {
+  // Explicit clinit checks triggered by static invokes must have been
+  // pruned by art::PrepareForRegisterAllocation.
+  DCHECK(!invoke->IsStaticWithExplicitClinitCheck());
+
   IntrinsicLocationsBuilderARM intrinsic(GetGraph()->GetArena(),
                                          codegen_->GetInstructionSetFeatures());
   if (intrinsic.TryDispatch(invoke)) {
@@ -1267,6 +1271,10 @@
 }
 
 void InstructionCodeGeneratorARM::VisitInvokeStaticOrDirect(HInvokeStaticOrDirect* invoke) {
+  // Explicit clinit checks triggered by static invokes must have been
+  // pruned by art::PrepareForRegisterAllocation.
+  DCHECK(!invoke->IsStaticWithExplicitClinitCheck());
+
   if (TryGenerateIntrinsicCode(invoke, codegen_)) {
     return;
   }