diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 142bf406..66f6f4a3 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ void die_save_file(const char *die_filename)
 
     retval = get_next_filename(die_filename, ".save");
     if (retval[0] != '\0')
-	failed = (!write_file(retval, NULL, TRUE, OVERWRITE, TRUE));
+	failed = !write_file(retval, NULL, TRUE, OVERWRITE, TRUE);
 
     if (!failed)
 	fprintf(stderr, _("\nBuffer written to %s\n"), retval);
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index a13ec43b..5746d3b6 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ void do_spell(void)
 
     status =
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
-	(openfile->mark_set) ? write_marked_file(temp, temp_file, TRUE,
+	openfile->mark_set ? write_marked_file(temp, temp_file, TRUE,
 	OVERWRITE) :
 #endif
 	write_file(temp, temp_file, TRUE, OVERWRITE, FALSE);