diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bit.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_bit.h
index f1e3c907044d..e1649c0d3e02 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bit.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bit.h
@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@ static inline int xfs_lowbit64(__uint64_t v)
 		n = ffs(w);
 	} else {	/* upper bits */
 		w = (__uint32_t)(v >> 32);
-		if (w && (n = ffs(w)))
-		n += 32;
+		if (w) {
+			n = ffs(w);
+			if (n)
+				n += 32;
+		}
 	}
 	return n - 1;
 }