diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 9526cf37682e97929839f06b66c9ba07fc5282e6..7c0e765fa2e3ee320836581de42bcc9ec1196ef6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static u64 kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name(const char *name, bool reloc)
 		sym = __find_kernel_function_by_name(name, &map);
 		if (sym)
 			return map->unmap_ip(map, sym->start) -
-				(reloc) ? 0 : map->reloc;
+				((reloc) ? 0 : map->reloc);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }