diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c
index 46921b856..fe65895c7 100644
--- a/src/channel.c
+++ b/src/channel.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ int bi_getline_nc(struct channel *chn,
 	int l;
 
 	retcode = bi_getblk_nc(chn, blk1, len1, blk2, len2);
-	if (unlikely(retcode) <= 0)
+	if (unlikely(retcode <= 0))
 		return retcode;
 
 	for (l = 0; l < *len1 && (*blk1)[l] != '\n'; l++);