diff --git a/lib/checkcondition.cpp b/lib/checkcondition.cpp
index a131b3a01..3e3eb2656 100644
--- a/lib/checkcondition.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkcondition.cpp
@@ -87,15 +87,15 @@ bool CheckCondition::assignIfParseScope(const Token * const assignTok,
     bool ret = false;
 
     for (const Token *tok2 = startTok; tok2; tok2 = tok2->next()) {
-        if (Token::Match(tok2->tokAt(2), "%varid% %cop% %num% ;", varid) && tok2->strAt(3) == std::string(1U, bitop)) {
+        if ((bitop == '&') && Token::Match(tok2->tokAt(2), "%varid% %cop% %num% ;", varid) && tok2->strAt(3) == std::string(1U, bitop)) {
             const MathLib::bigint num2 = MathLib::toLongNumber(tok2->strAt(4));
-            if ((bitop == '&') && (0 == (num & num2)))
+            if (0 == (num & num2))
                 mismatchingBitAndError(assignTok, num, tok2, num2);
         }
         if (Token::Match(tok2, "%varid% =", varid)) {
-            if (Token::Match(tok2->tokAt(2), "%varid% %cop% %num% ;", varid) && tok2->strAt(3) == std::string(1U, bitop)) {
+            if ((bitop == '&') && Token::Match(tok2->tokAt(2), "%varid% %cop% %num% ;", varid) && tok2->strAt(3) == std::string(1U, bitop)) {
                 const MathLib::bigint num2 = MathLib::toLongNumber(tok2->strAt(4));
-                if ((bitop == '&') && (0 == (num & num2)))
+                if (0 == (num & num2))
                     mismatchingBitAndError(assignTok, num, tok2, num2);
             }
             return true;