diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
index c4fa06dd0a2e4d1cc3c23fd7e6dc5b6e5f7068cd..e78971605e0bf44be9965e3dfa80ea7d071a8b6c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ i40e_status i40e_clean_arq_element(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 	}
 
 	/* set next_to_use to head */
-	ntu = (rd32(hw, hw->aq.arq.head) & I40E_PF_ARQH_ARQH_MASK);
+	ntu = rd32(hw, hw->aq.arq.head) & I40E_PF_ARQH_ARQH_MASK;
 	if (ntu == ntc) {
 		/* nothing to do - shouldn't need to update ring's values */
 		ret_code = I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_NO_WORK;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
index ae3a7406742573d85db27142475e4a637efa8408..d1aab6b8bfb1dd1a360e6e47ec560f0578b86ac9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ i40e_status i40evf_clean_arq_element(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 	}
 
 	/* set next_to_use to head */
-	ntu = (rd32(hw, hw->aq.arq.head) & I40E_VF_ARQH1_ARQH_MASK);
+	ntu = rd32(hw, hw->aq.arq.head) & I40E_VF_ARQH1_ARQH_MASK;
 	if (ntu == ntc) {
 		/* nothing to do - shouldn't need to update ring's values */
 		ret_code = I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_NO_WORK;