diff --git a/ffserver.c b/ffserver.c
index 42025ab475..c74cd157aa 100644
--- a/ffserver.c
+++ b/ffserver.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ static void start_wait_request(HTTPContext *c, int is_rtsp)
 
     c->state = is_rtsp ? RTSPSTATE_WAIT_REQUEST : HTTPSTATE_WAIT_REQUEST;
     c->timeout = cur_time +
-                 is_rtsp ? RTSP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT : HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT;
+                 (is_rtsp ? RTSP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT : HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
 static void http_send_too_busy_reply(int fd)