diff --git a/include/xtensor/containers/xcontainer.hpp b/include/xtensor/containers/xcontainer.hpp
index a2ab4fd0d..7f17ffe01 100644
--- a/include/xtensor/containers/xcontainer.hpp
+++ b/include/xtensor/containers/xcontainer.hpp
@@ -997,10 +997,10 @@ namespace xt
     template <class S>
     inline void xstrided_container<D>::resize(S&& shape, bool force)
     {
-        XTENSOR_ASSERT_MSG(
+        XTENSOR_PRECONDITION(
             detail::check_resize_dimension(m_shape, shape),
             "cannot change the number of dimensions of xtensor"
-        )
+        );
         std::size_t dim = shape.size();
         if (m_shape.size() != dim || !std::equal(std::begin(shape), std::end(shape), std::begin(m_shape))
             || force)
diff --git a/test/test_xassign.cpp b/test/test_xassign.cpp
index c6ca46305..3535b4886 100644
--- a/test/test_xassign.cpp
+++ b/test/test_xassign.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "xtensor/containers/xtensor.hpp"
 #include "xtensor/core/xassign.hpp"
 #include "xtensor/core/xnoalias.hpp"
+#include "xtensor/misc/xmanipulation.hpp"
 
 #include "test_common.hpp"
 #include "test_common_macros.hpp"
@@ -167,4 +168,10 @@ namespace xt
             EXPECT_EQ(a.shape(1), 3);
         }
     }
+
+    TEST(xassign, fixed_dimension_mismatch)
+    {
+        auto a = xt::xtensor<float, 1>::from_shape({2});
+        XT_ASSERT_THROW(a = xt::expand_dims(a, 0), std::runtime_error);
+    }
 }