diff --git a/include/psi/vm/containers/allocator.hpp b/include/psi/vm/containers/allocator.hpp
index 97eb87d..dbc20e0 100644
--- a/include/psi/vm/containers/allocator.hpp
+++ b/include/psi/vm/containers/allocator.hpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace psi::vm
 {
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-namespace detail { [[ noreturn, gnu::cold ]] void throw_bad_alloc(); }
+namespace detail { [[ noreturn, gnu::cold ]] void throw_bad_alloc() PSI_NOEXCEPT_EXCEPT_BADALLOC; }
 
 class allocator_backing_mapping
 {
diff --git a/src/containers/vm_vector.cpp b/src/containers/vm_vector.cpp
index 8f7527b..f9ca5ef 100644
--- a/src/containers/vm_vector.cpp
+++ b/src/containers/vm_vector.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace detail
     [[ noreturn, gnu::cold ]] void throw_bad_alloc   () PSI_NOEXCEPT_EXCEPT_BADALLOC
     {
 #   if PSI_MALLOC_OVERCOMMIT == PSI_OVERCOMMIT_Full
-        BOOST_ASSERT( !"Unexpected allocation failure" );
+        BOOST_ASSERT_MSG( false, "Unexpected allocation failure" );
         std::unreachable();
 #   else
         throw std::bad_alloc();