diff --git a/reactos/lib/3rdparty/mingw/getopt.c b/reactos/lib/3rdparty/mingw/getopt.c
index 3b0bfedfec4..1b520d90801 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/3rdparty/mingw/getopt.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/3rdparty/mingw/getopt.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int _tgetopt(int argc, _TCHAR * const argv[], const _TCHAR * optstring)
  ++ s_nArgChar;
 
  /* unrecognized option */
- if(_toptopt == _T(':') || (pcOptChar = _tcschr(optstring, _toptopt)) == NULL)
+ if((_toptopt == _T(':')) || ((pcOptChar = _tcschr(optstring, _toptopt)) == NULL))
  {
   /* print an error message */
   if(_topterr && optstring[0] != _T(':'))