diff --git a/selfdrive/boardd/panda.cc b/selfdrive/boardd/panda.cc
index 685dabd873..4d72bc9040 100644
--- a/selfdrive/boardd/panda.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/boardd/panda.cc
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ void Panda::pack_can_buffer(const capnp::List<cereal::CanData>::Reader &can_data
     }
     auto can_data = cmsg.getDat();
     uint8_t data_len_code = len_to_dlc(can_data.size());
-    assert(can_data.size() <= ((hw_type == cereal::PandaState::PandaType::RED_PANDA) ? 64 : 8));
+    assert(can_data.size() <= ((hw_type == cereal::PandaState::PandaType::RED_PANDA ||
+                                hw_type == cereal::PandaState::PandaType::RED_PANDA_V2) ? 64 : 8));
     assert(can_data.size() == dlc_to_len[data_len_code]);
 
     can_header header;