diff --git a/src/shared/dissect-image.c b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
index 55a0c9525c5..aeaa1061fbc 100644
--- a/src/shared/dissect-image.c
+++ b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
@@ -2250,8 +2250,8 @@ int dissected_image_acquire_metadata(DissectedImage *m) {
                 [META_HOSTNAME]          = "/etc/hostname\0",
                 [META_MACHINE_ID]        = "/etc/machine-id\0",
                 [META_MACHINE_INFO]      = "/etc/machine-info\0",
-                [META_OS_RELEASE]        = ("/etc/os-release\0"
-                                           "/usr/lib/os-release\0"),
+                [META_OS_RELEASE]        = "/etc/os-release\0"
+                                           "/usr/lib/os-release\0",
                 [META_EXTENSION_RELEASE] = NULL,
         };