diff --git a/libavcodec/aacenc.c b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
index fa0ac0031a..a28e1a1290 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
@@ -750,10 +750,10 @@ static av_cold int aac_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 
     s->chan_map = aac_chan_configs[s->channels-1];
 
-    if (ret = dsp_init(avctx, s))
+    if ((ret = dsp_init(avctx, s)) < 0)
         goto fail;
 
-    if (ret = alloc_buffers(avctx, s))
+    if ((ret = alloc_buffers(avctx, s)) < 0)
         goto fail;
 
     avctx->extradata_size = 5;
@@ -765,7 +765,8 @@ static av_cold int aac_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     lengths[1] = ff_aac_num_swb_128[i];
     for (i = 0; i < s->chan_map[0]; i++)
         grouping[i] = s->chan_map[i + 1] == TYPE_CPE;
-    if (ret = ff_psy_init(&s->psy, avctx, 2, sizes, lengths, s->chan_map[0], grouping))
+    if ((ret = ff_psy_init(&s->psy, avctx, 2, sizes, lengths,
+                           s->chan_map[0], grouping)) < 0)
         goto fail;
     s->psypp = ff_psy_preprocess_init(avctx);
     s->coder = &ff_aac_coders[2];