diff --git a/components/fal/src/fal_partition.c b/components/fal/src/fal_partition.c
index 92ae074303..a26a018a28 100644
--- a/components/fal/src/fal_partition.c
+++ b/components/fal/src/fal_partition.c
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ _exit:
  */
 const struct fal_partition *fal_partition_find(const char *name)
 {
-    assert(init_ok);
+    if (!init_ok)
+        return NULL;
 
     size_t i;
 
@@ -353,9 +354,11 @@ static const struct fal_flash_dev *flash_device_find_by_part(const struct fal_pa
  */
 const struct fal_partition *fal_get_partition_table(size_t *len)
 {
-    assert(init_ok);
     assert(len);
 
+    if (!init_ok)
+        return NULL;
+
     *len = partition_table_len;
 
     return partition_table;
@@ -370,9 +373,14 @@ const struct fal_partition *fal_get_partition_table(size_t *len)
  */
 void fal_set_partition_table_temp(struct fal_partition *table, size_t len)
 {
-    assert(init_ok);
     assert(table);
 
+    if (!init_ok)
+    {
+        log_e("FAL NOT initialized");
+        return;
+    }
+
     check_and_update_part_cache(table, len);
 
     partition_table_len = len;
@@ -400,7 +408,7 @@ int fal_partition_read(const struct fal_partition *part, uint32_t addr, uint8_t
 
     if (addr + size > part->len)
     {
-        log_e("Partition read error! Partition address out of bound.");
+        log_e("Partition read error! Partition(%s) address(0x%08x) out of bound(0x%08x).", part->name, addr + size, part->len);
         return -1;
     }