diff --git a/libc/bionic/pthread_cond.cpp b/libc/bionic/pthread_cond.cpp
index 7c229b5ec..4583cef9d 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/pthread_cond.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/pthread_cond.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int __pthread_cond_timedwait_relative(pthread_cond_t* cond, pthread_mutex_t* mut
   int status = __futex_wait_ex(&cond->value, COND_IS_SHARED(cond), old_value, reltime);
   pthread_mutex_lock(mutex);
 
-  if (status == (-ETIMEDOUT)) {
+  if (status == -ETIMEDOUT) {
     return ETIMEDOUT;
   }
   return 0;
diff --git a/libc/bionic/pthread_mutex.cpp b/libc/bionic/pthread_mutex.cpp
index 11a66ab88..0d992b365 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/pthread_mutex.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/pthread_mutex.cpp
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ int pthread_mutex_lock_timeout_np_impl(pthread_mutex_t *mutex, unsigned msecs)
          * thread.
          */
         if (MUTEX_STATE_BITS_IS_LOCKED_CONTENDED(mvalue)) {
-            if (__futex_wait_ex(&mutex->value, shared, mvalue, &ts) == (-ETIMEDOUT)) {
+            if (__futex_wait_ex(&mutex->value, shared, mvalue, &ts) == -ETIMEDOUT) {
                 return EBUSY;
             }
             mvalue = mutex->value;