diff --git a/source/include/system/dir.h b/source/include/system/dir.h
index ce6aae02640..14b36c0da0a 100644
--- a/source/include/system/dir.h
+++ b/source/include/system/dir.h
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@
  */
 #ifndef ISDOT
 #define ISDOT(path) ( \
-			*((const char *)path) == '.' && \
-			*(((const char *)path) + 1) == '\0' \
+			*((const char *)(path)) == '.' && \
+			*(((const char *)(path)) + 1) == '\0' \
 		    )
 #endif
 
 #ifndef ISDOTDOT
 #define ISDOTDOT(path)	( \
-			    *((const char *)path) == '.' && \
-			    *(((const char *)path) + 1) == '.' && \
-			    *(((const char *)path) + 2) == '\0' \
+			    *((const char *)(path)) == '.' && \
+			    *(((const char *)(path)) + 1) == '.' && \
+			    *(((const char *)(path)) + 2) == '\0' \
 			)
 #endif
 
diff --git a/source/ntvfs/posix/pvfs_dirlist.c b/source/ntvfs/posix/pvfs_dirlist.c
index a3eaca3cbbd..517f5b68d0e 100644
--- a/source/ntvfs/posix/pvfs_dirlist.c
+++ b/source/ntvfs/posix/pvfs_dirlist.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ const char *pvfs_list_next(struct pvfs_dir *dir, uint_t *ofs)
 	while ((de = readdir(dir->dir))) {
 		const char *dname = de->d_name;
 
-		if (ISDOT(dname) || ISDOT(dname)) {
+		if (ISDOT(dname) || ISDOTDOT(dname)) {
 			continue;
 		}