diff --git a/FEXCore/Scripts/json_ir_generator.py b/FEXCore/Scripts/json_ir_generator.py
index 76d6d6cb1..8d216324a 100755
--- a/FEXCore/Scripts/json_ir_generator.py
+++ b/FEXCore/Scripts/json_ir_generator.py
@@ -595,13 +595,13 @@ def print_ir_arg_printer():
     output_file.write("#endif\n")
 
 def print_validation(op):
-    if op.EmitValidation != None:
-        output_file.write("\t\t#if defined(ASSERTIONS_ENABLED) && ASSERTIONS_ENABLED\n")
+    if len(op.EmitValidation) != 0:
+        output_file.write("#if defined(ASSERTIONS_ENABLED) && ASSERTIONS_ENABLED\n")
 
         for Validation in op.EmitValidation:
             Sanitized = Validation.replace("\"", "\\\"")
-            output_file.write("\tLOGMAN_THROW_A_FMT({}, \"{}\");\n".format(Validation, Sanitized))
-        output_file.write("\t\t#endif\n")
+            output_file.write("\t\tLOGMAN_THROW_A_FMT({}, \"{}\");\n".format(Validation, Sanitized))
+        output_file.write("#endif\n")
 
 # Print out IR allocator helpers
 def print_ir_allocator_helpers():