diff --git a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/os_linux_ppc.cpp b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/os_linux_ppc.cpp
index 55963b06806..90640a6f06a 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/os_linux_ppc.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/os_linux_ppc.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1997, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2021 SAP SE. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2024 SAP SE. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ bool PosixSignals::pd_hotspot_signal_handler(int sig, siginfo_t* info,
         stub = SharedRuntime::get_handle_wrong_method_stub();
       }
 
-      else if ((sig == USE_POLL_BIT_ONLY ? SIGTRAP : SIGSEGV) &&
+      else if ((sig == (USE_POLL_BIT_ONLY ? SIGTRAP : SIGSEGV)) &&
                // A linux-ppc64 kernel before 2.6.6 doesn't set si_addr on some segfaults
                // in 64bit mode (cf. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.6),
                // especially when we try to read from the safepoint polling page. So the check