--- a/gfx/layers/client/TextureClient.cpp
+++ b/gfx/layers/client/TextureClient.cpp
@@ -899,17 +899,23 @@ TextureClient::InitIPDLActor(Compositabl
   if (!ToSurfaceDescriptor(desc)) {
     return false;
   }
 
   mActor = static_cast<TextureChild*>(aForwarder->CreateTexture(desc,
                                                                 aForwarder->GetCompositorBackendType(),
                                                                 GetFlags(),
                                                                 mSerial));
-  MOZ_ASSERT(mActor);
+  if (!mActor) {
+    gfxCriticalError() << static_cast<int32_t>(desc.type()) << ", "
+                       << static_cast<int32_t>(aForwarder->GetCompositorBackendType()) << ", "
+                       << static_cast<uint32_t>(GetFlags())
+                       << ", " << mSerial;
+    MOZ_CRASH("GFX: Invalid actor");
+  }
   mActor->mCompositableForwarder = aForwarder;
   mActor->mTextureForwarder = aForwarder->AsTextureForwarder();
   mActor->mTextureClient = this;
   mActor->mMainThreadOnly = !!(mFlags & TextureFlags::DEALLOCATE_MAIN_THREAD);
 
   // If the TextureClient is already locked, we have to lock TextureChild's mutex
   // since it will be unlocked in TextureClient::Unlock.
   if (mIsLocked) {