diff --git a/libavcodec/avfft.c b/libavcodec/avfft.c
index a278aa94ed..7d5d08390f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avfft.c
+++ b/libavcodec/avfft.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ DCTContext *av_dct_init(int nbits, enum DCTTransformType inverse)
 {
     DCTContext *s = av_malloc(sizeof(*s));
 
-    if (s && (ff_dct_init(s, nbits, inverse)))
+    if (s && ff_dct_init(s, nbits, inverse))
         av_freep(&s);
 
     return s;