diff --git a/libavcodec/libfaac.c b/libavcodec/libfaac.c
index d922fdca1b..bf226af956 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libfaac.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libfaac.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int Faac_encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *avpkt,
 
     /* add current frame to the queue */
     if (frame) {
-        if ((ret = ff_af_queue_add(&s->afq, frame) < 0))
+        if ((ret = ff_af_queue_add(&s->afq, frame)) < 0)
             return ret;
     }