diff --git a/panda/src/glstuff/glShaderContext_src.cxx b/panda/src/glstuff/glShaderContext_src.cxx
index f3c9a106c7..129c617b13 100644
--- a/panda/src/glstuff/glShaderContext_src.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/glstuff/glShaderContext_src.cxx
@@ -2255,7 +2255,12 @@ issue_parameters(int altered) {
             break;
 
           default:
-            nassertd(false) continue;
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+            GLCAT.error()
+              << "Invalid ShaderPtrSpec type " << (int)ptr_data->_type
+              << " for shader input '" << spec._id._name << "'\n";
+#endif
+            continue;
           }
 
           switch (spec._dim[1]) {