diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/controlflow/TrivialIfInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/controlflow/TrivialIfInspection.java
index 76c2abd5e237..fa59bf7723f4 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/controlflow/TrivialIfInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/controlflow/TrivialIfInspection.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2003-2016 Dave Griffith, Bas Leijdekkers
+ * Copyright 2003-2017 Dave Griffith, Bas Leijdekkers
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -109,6 +109,33 @@ public class TrivialIfInspection extends BaseInspection implements CleanupLocalI
     else if (isSimplifiableImplicitAssignmentNegated(statement)) {
       replaceSimplifiableImplicitAssignmentNegated(statement);
     }
+    else if (isSimplifiableAssert(statement)) {
+      replaceSimplifiableAssert(statement);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static void replaceSimplifiableAssert(PsiIfStatement statement) {
+    final PsiExpression condition = statement.getCondition();
+    if (condition == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final String conditionText = BoolUtils.getNegatedExpressionText(condition);
+    if (statement.getElseBranch() != null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final PsiStatement thenBranch = ControlFlowUtils.stripBraces(statement.getThenBranch());
+    if (!(thenBranch instanceof PsiAssertStatement)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final PsiAssertStatement assertStatement = (PsiAssertStatement)thenBranch;
+    final PsiExpression assertCondition = assertStatement.getAssertCondition();
+    if (assertCondition == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final PsiExpression replacementCondition = JavaPsiFacade.getElementFactory(statement.getProject()).createExpressionFromText(
+      BoolUtils.isFalse(assertCondition) ? conditionText : conditionText + "||" + assertCondition.getText(), statement);
+    assertCondition.replace(replacementCondition);
+    statement.replace(assertStatement);
   }
 
   private static void replaceSimplifiableImplicitReturn(PsiIfStatement statement) {
@@ -282,31 +309,15 @@ public class TrivialIfInspection extends BaseInspection implements CleanupLocalI
     if (PsiUtilCore.hasErrorElementChild(ifStatement)) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (isSimplifiableAssignment(ifStatement)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (isSimplifiableReturn(ifStatement)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (isSimplifiableImplicitReturn(ifStatement)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (isSimplifiableAssignmentNegated(ifStatement)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (isSimplifiableReturnNegated(ifStatement)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (isSimplifiableImplicitReturnNegated(ifStatement)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (isSimplifiableImplicitAssignment(ifStatement)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (isSimplifiableImplicitAssignmentNegated(ifStatement)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    return false;
+    return isSimplifiableAssignment(ifStatement) ||
+           isSimplifiableReturn(ifStatement) ||
+           isSimplifiableImplicitReturn(ifStatement) ||
+           isSimplifiableAssignmentNegated(ifStatement) ||
+           isSimplifiableReturnNegated(ifStatement) ||
+           isSimplifiableImplicitReturnNegated(ifStatement) ||
+           isSimplifiableImplicitAssignment(ifStatement) ||
+           isSimplifiableImplicitAssignmentNegated(ifStatement) ||
+           isSimplifiableAssert(ifStatement);
   }
 
   private static boolean isSimplifiableImplicitReturn(PsiIfStatement ifStatement) {
@@ -424,4 +435,16 @@ public class TrivialIfInspection extends BaseInspection implements CleanupLocalI
     final PsiExpression rhs = ParenthesesUtils.stripParentheses(assignment.getRExpression());
     return rhs != null && value.equals(rhs.getText());
   }
+
+  private static boolean isSimplifiableAssert(PsiIfStatement ifStatement) {
+    if (ifStatement.getElseBranch() != null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    final PsiStatement thenBranch = ControlFlowUtils.stripBraces(ifStatement.getThenBranch());
+    if (!(thenBranch instanceof PsiAssertStatement)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    final PsiAssertStatement assertStatement = (PsiAssertStatement)thenBranch;
+    return assertStatement.getAssertCondition() != null;
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/inspectionDescriptions/TrivialIf.html b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/inspectionDescriptions/TrivialIf.html
index 4c31fbf9d0a2..46fe30403ce4 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/inspectionDescriptions/TrivialIf.html
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/inspectionDescriptions/TrivialIf.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <html>
 <body>
-Reports <b>if</b> statements which can be simplified to single assignment or
-<b>return</b> statements.
+Reports <b>if</b> statements which can be simplified to single assignment,
+<b>return</b> or <b>assert</b> statements.
 <p>
 For example:
 <code><pre>
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/controlflow/trivialIf/Assert1.after.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/controlflow/trivialIf/Assert1.after.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b527976b310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/controlflow/trivialIf/Assert1.after.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class Assert1 {
+
+  void check(String s) {
+      assert s != null && s.length() != 0;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/controlflow/trivialIf/Assert1.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/controlflow/trivialIf/Assert1.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eabb150a8458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/controlflow/trivialIf/Assert1.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class Assert1 {
+
+  void check(String s) {
+    <caret>if (s == null || s.length() == 0) {
+      assert false;
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/controlflow/trivialIf/Assert2.after.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/controlflow/trivialIf/Assert2.after.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e144f71729b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/controlflow/trivialIf/Assert2.after.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class Assert2 {
+
+  void check(String s) {
+      assert s == null || s.length() > 0;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/controlflow/trivialIf/Assert2.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/controlflow/trivialIf/Assert2.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..50867f8aa6be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/controlflow/trivialIf/Assert2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class Assert2 {
+
+  void check(String s) {
+    <caret>if (s != null) {
+      assert s.length() > 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/testsrc/com/siyeh/ig/fixes/controlflow/TrivialIfFixTest.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/testsrc/com/siyeh/ig/fixes/controlflow/TrivialIfFixTest.java
index 2cef14efe3ae..429c09a8ab11 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/testsrc/com/siyeh/ig/fixes/controlflow/TrivialIfFixTest.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/testsrc/com/siyeh/ig/fixes/controlflow/TrivialIfFixTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -43,4 +43,12 @@ public class TrivialIfFixTest extends IGQuickFixesTestCase {
   public void testNegatedConditional1() {
     doTest();
   }
+
+  public void testAssert1() {
+    doTest();
+  }
+
+  public void testAssert2() {
+    doTest();
+  }
 }
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