diff --git a/src/basic/recurse-dir.c b/src/basic/recurse-dir.c
index 1bd82319663..8f691d92294 100644
--- a/src/basic/recurse-dir.c
+++ b/src/basic/recurse-dir.c
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ int readdir_all(int dir_fd, RecurseDirFlags flags, DirectoryEntries **ret) {
                 size_t bs;
                 ssize_t n;
 
+                /* Silence static analyzers, MALLOC_SIZEOF_SAFE is at least as large as the allocation */
+                assert(MALLOC_SIZEOF_SAFE(de) >= offsetof(DirectoryEntries, buffer));
                 bs = MIN(MALLOC_SIZEOF_SAFE(de) - offsetof(DirectoryEntries, buffer), (size_t) SSIZE_MAX);
                 assert(bs > de->buffer_size);