diff --git a/include/linux/vt_kern.h b/include/linux/vt_kern.h
index 14c0e91be9b5121f811a2375382d0096270b4486..8c8119ffee1204cf42dc6a4210fb15d435ddf7f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/vt_kern.h
+++ b/include/linux/vt_kern.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void con_protect_unimap(struct vc_data *vc, int rdonly);
 int con_copy_unimap(struct vc_data *dst_vc, struct vc_data *src_vc);
 
 #define vc_translate(vc, c) ((vc)->vc_translate[(c) |			\
-					(vc)->vc_toggle_meta ? 0x80 : 0])
+					((vc)->vc_toggle_meta ? 0x80 : 0)])
 #else
 #define con_set_trans_old(arg) (0)
 #define con_get_trans_old(arg) (-EINVAL)