diff --git a/include/sys/param.h b/include/sys/param.h
index ddd7709a419b116496da23fa72f369c70ea2be58..344c0d234ba559d4c648ee0c365c24e46b90642e 100644
--- a/include/sys/param.h
+++ b/include/sys/param.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #define MIN(a,b) (((a)<(b))?(a):(b))
 #define MAX(a,b) (((a)>(b))?(a):(b))
 
-#define __bitop(x,i,o) ((x)[(i)/8] o 1<<(i)%8)
+#define __bitop(x,i,o) ((x)[(i)/8] o (1<<(i)%8))
 #define setbit(x,i) __bitop(x,i,|=)
 #define clrbit(x,i) __bitop(x,i,&=~)
 #define isset(x,i) __bitop(x,i,&)