diff --git a/daemon/admin.c b/daemon/admin.c
index c5678bb995..baf310c7bb 100644
--- a/daemon/admin.c
+++ b/daemon/admin.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ adminDispatchConnectGetLoggingOutputs(virNetServerPtr server ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     char *outputs = NULL;
     int noutputs = 0;
 
-    if ((noutputs = adminConnectGetLoggingOutputs(&outputs, args->flags) < 0)) {
+    if ((noutputs = adminConnectGetLoggingOutputs(&outputs, args->flags)) < 0) {
         virNetMessageSaveError(rerr);
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/src/locking/lock_daemon.c b/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
index 6fbbf4b3d1..fe3eaf9032 100644
--- a/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
+++ b/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
 
         srv = virNetDaemonGetServer(lockDaemon->dmn, "virtlockd");
-        if ((rv = virLockDaemonSetupNetworkingSystemD(srv) < 0)) {
+        if ((rv = virLockDaemonSetupNetworkingSystemD(srv)) < 0) {
             ret = VIR_LOCK_DAEMON_ERR_NETWORK;
             goto cleanup;
         }
diff --git a/src/locking/lock_driver_sanlock.c b/src/locking/lock_driver_sanlock.c
index b5e69c4724..7513df4d7c 100644
--- a/src/locking/lock_driver_sanlock.c
+++ b/src/locking/lock_driver_sanlock.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ virLockManagerSanlockSetupLockspace(virLockManagerSanlockDriverPtr driver)
                 goto error_unlink;
             }
 
-            if ((rv = virLockManagerSanlockInitLockspace(driver, &ls) < 0)) {
+            if ((rv = virLockManagerSanlockInitLockspace(driver, &ls)) < 0) {
                 char *err = NULL;
                 if (virLockManagerSanlockError(rv, &err)) {
                     virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 9611df517a..b365078ec1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -5270,7 +5270,7 @@ qemuDomainDetachRNGDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     int rc;
     int ret = -1;
 
-    if ((idx = virDomainRNGFind(vm->def, rng) < 0)) {
+    if ((idx = virDomainRNGFind(vm->def, rng)) < 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID, "%s",
                        _("device not present in domain configuration"));
         return -1;
diff --git a/tests/virnettlshelpers.c b/tests/virnettlshelpers.c
index b735c4e2f0..f66205ef78 100644
--- a/tests/virnettlshelpers.c
+++ b/tests/virnettlshelpers.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ void testTLSWriteCertChain(const char *filename,
 
     for (i = 0; i < ncerts; i++) {
         size = sizeof(buffer);
-        if ((err = gnutls_x509_crt_export(certs[i], GNUTLS_X509_FMT_PEM, buffer, &size) < 0)) {
+        if ((err = gnutls_x509_crt_export(certs[i], GNUTLS_X509_FMT_PEM, buffer, &size)) < 0) {
             VIR_WARN("Failed to export certificate %s", gnutls_strerror(err));
             unlink(filename);
             abort();