diff --git a/impeller/renderer/compute_unittests.cc b/impeller/renderer/compute_unittests.cc
index 1147f720ae6b3..39e14a0a99b23 100644
--- a/impeller/renderer/compute_unittests.cc
+++ b/impeller/renderer/compute_unittests.cc
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ TEST_P(ComputeTest, ReturnsEarlyWhenAnyGridDimensionIsZero) {
 
   // Intentionally making the grid size zero in one dimension. No GPU will
   // tolerate this.
-  ASSERT_FALSE(pass->Compute(ISize(0, 1)).ok());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(pass->Compute(ISize(0, 1)).ok());
+  pass->EncodeCommands();
 }
 
 }  // namespace testing