diff --git a/fs/minix/bitmap.c b/fs/minix/bitmap.c
index 4bc50dac8e979faf4f299d1538d5462329191fa1..742942a983be8c73cf9f3ea01639ccfe86367e18 100644
--- a/fs/minix/bitmap.c
+++ b/fs/minix/bitmap.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int minix_new_block(struct inode * inode)
 unsigned long minix_count_free_blocks(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct minix_sb_info *sbi = minix_sb(sb);
-	u32 bits = sbi->s_nzones - (sbi->s_firstdatazone + 1);
+	u32 bits = sbi->s_nzones - sbi->s_firstdatazone + 1;
 
 	return (count_free(sbi->s_zmap, sb->s_blocksize, bits)
 		<< sbi->s_log_zone_size);
diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
index f007a3355570b38de89b57343407ccafad6cbe21..3f57af196a7de36343be9249d2e883a9b162310b 100644
--- a/fs/minix/inode.c
+++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
@@ -267,12 +267,12 @@ static int minix_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	block = minix_blocks_needed(sbi->s_ninodes, s->s_blocksize);
 	if (sbi->s_imap_blocks < block) {
 		printk("MINIX-fs: file system does not have enough "
-				"imap blocks allocated.  Refusing to mount\n");
+				"imap blocks allocated.  Refusing to mount.\n");
 		goto out_no_bitmap;
 	}
 
 	block = minix_blocks_needed(
-			(sbi->s_nzones - (sbi->s_firstdatazone + 1)),
+			(sbi->s_nzones - sbi->s_firstdatazone + 1),
 			s->s_blocksize);
 	if (sbi->s_zmap_blocks < block) {
 		printk("MINIX-fs: file system does not have enough "