Index: clang-tidy/readability/BracesAroundStatementsCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/readability/BracesAroundStatementsCheck.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/readability/BracesAroundStatementsCheck.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,10 @@
   if (const DeclStmt *CondVar = S->getConditionVariableDeclStmt())
     CondEndLoc = CondVar->getLocEnd();
 
-  assert(CondEndLoc.isValid());
+  if (!CondEndLoc.isValid()) {
+    return SourceLocation();
+  }
+
   SourceLocation PastCondEndLoc =
       Lexer::getLocForEndOfToken(CondEndLoc, 0, SM, Context->getLangOpts());
   if (PastCondEndLoc.isInvalid())
Index: test/clang-tidy/readability-braces-around-statements-assert-failure.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/clang-tidy/readability-braces-around-statements-assert-failure.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s readability-braces-around-statements %t
+
+int test_failure() {
+  if (std::rand()) {
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:7: error: use of undeclared identifier 'std'
+  }
+}