diff --git a/drivers/block/deadline-iosched.c b/drivers/block/deadline-iosched.c
index 24594c57c3230e5a095eb10ddb282137ed9161ba..52a3ae5289a09a7af79081df5de2ec7e4c40ff26 100644
--- a/drivers/block/deadline-iosched.c
+++ b/drivers/block/deadline-iosched.c
@@ -512,7 +512,10 @@ static int deadline_dispatch_requests(struct deadline_data *dd)
 	/*
 	 * batches are currently reads XOR writes
 	 */
-	drq = dd->next_drq[WRITE] ? : dd->next_drq[READ];
+	if (dd->next_drq[WRITE])
+		drq = dd->next_drq[WRITE];
+	else
+		drq = dd->next_drq[READ];
 
 	if (drq) {
 		/* we have a "next request" */