diff --git a/libraries/base/common/tb/vhdl/tb_common_pkg.vhd b/libraries/base/common/tb/vhdl/tb_common_pkg.vhd
index 00aac656e5fdc2a1e9e1520dc3efa2cd3a427cb7..505bdf3885dfaca54168fb75366cd85742ff30fb 100644
--- a/libraries/base/common/tb/vhdl/tb_common_pkg.vhd
+++ b/libraries/base/common/tb/vhdl/tb_common_pkg.vhd
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ PACKAGE BODY tb_common_pkg IS
                                         SIGNAL tb_end      : IN STD_LOGIC) IS
   BEGIN
     WHILE tb_end='0' LOOP
+      ASSERT NOW < c_timeout REPORT "Test bench timeout." SEVERITY ERROR;
       ASSERT NOW < c_timeout REPORT "Test bench timeout." SEVERITY FAILURE;
       WAIT FOR 1 us;
     END LOOP;