diff --git a/src/node_contextify.cc b/src/node_contextify.cc
index 6520355239e..8880439c8a7 100644
--- a/src/node_contextify.cc
+++ b/src/node_contextify.cc
@@ -216,8 +216,9 @@ class ContextifyContext {
     object_template->SetHandler(config);
 
     Local<Context> ctx = Context::New(env->isolate(), nullptr, object_template);
-    if (!ctx.IsEmpty())
-      ctx->SetSecurityToken(env->context()->GetSecurityToken());
+
+    CHECK(!ctx.IsEmpty());
+    ctx->SetSecurityToken(env->context()->GetSecurityToken());
 
     env->AssignToContext(ctx);