diff --git a/runtime/common/src/crowdloan/migration.rs b/runtime/common/src/crowdloan/migration.rs
index 22851de9c3d2..4a47f3283de3 100644
--- a/runtime/common/src/crowdloan/migration.rs
+++ b/runtime/common/src/crowdloan/migration.rs
@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ impl<T: Config> OnRuntimeUpgrade for MigrateToTrackInactiveV2<T> {
 
 	#[cfg(feature = "try-runtime")]
 	fn post_upgrade(total: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), sp_runtime::TryRuntimeError> {
-		let (total, active) = <(BalanceOf<T>, BalanceOf<T>)>::decode(&mut total.as_slice())
-			.expect("the state parameter should be something that was generated by pre_upgrade");
-		assert_eq!(active - total, CurrencyOf::<T>::active_issuance(), "the total be correct");
-		Ok(())
+		if let Ok((total, active)) = <(BalanceOf<T>, BalanceOf<T>)>::decode(&mut total.as_slice()) {
+			ensure!(active - total == CurrencyOf::<T>::active_issuance(), "the total be correct");
+			Ok(())
+		} else {
+			Err("the state parameter should be something that was generated by pre_upgrade".into())
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/runtime/parachains/src/configuration/migration_ump.rs b/runtime/parachains/src/configuration/migration_ump.rs
index 2ffe1391d2e8..bde44841953c 100644
--- a/runtime/parachains/src/configuration/migration_ump.rs
+++ b/runtime/parachains/src/configuration/migration_ump.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use parity_scale_codec::{Decode, Encode};
 
 pub mod latest {
 	use super::*;
-	use frame_support::{pallet_prelude::Weight, traits::OnRuntimeUpgrade};
+	use frame_support::{ensure, pallet_prelude::Weight, traits::OnRuntimeUpgrade};
 
 	/// Force update the UMP limits in the parachain host config.
 	// NOTE: `OnRuntimeUpgrade` does not have a `self`, so everything must be compile time.
@@ -99,9 +99,8 @@ pub mod latest {
 				"Last pending HostConfig upgrade:\n\n{:#?}\n",
 				pending.last()
 			);
-			assert_eq!(
-				pending.len(),
-				old_pending as usize + 1,
+			ensure!(
+				pending.len() == old_pending as usize + 1,
 				"There must be a new pending upgrade enqueued"
 			);