diff --git a/src/basic/escape.c b/src/basic/escape.c
index e7f90a45946..2067be4092d 100644
--- a/src/basic/escape.c
+++ b/src/basic/escape.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ char* octescape(const char *s, size_t len) {
         if (len == SIZE_MAX)
                 len = strlen(s);
 
-        if (len > (SIZE_MAX)-1/4)
+        if (len > (SIZE_MAX - 1) / 4)
                 return NULL;
 
         t = buf = new(char, len * 4 + 1);
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-synthesize.c b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-synthesize.c
index 6f483fdf0e6..4e079864ec3 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-synthesize.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-synthesize.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ bool shall_synthesize_own_hostname_rrs(void) {
         if (r < 0 && r != -ENXIO)
                 log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to parse $SYSTEMD_RESOLVED_SYNTHESIZE_HOSTNAME: %m");
 
-        return (cached = r != 0);
+        return (cached = (r != 0));
 }
 
 int dns_synthesize_answer(