diff --git a/src/stdio/fclose.c b/src/stdio/fclose.c
index 9481470d..ee772fbb 100644
--- a/src/stdio/fclose.c
+++ b/src/stdio/fclose.c
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ int fclose(FILE *f)
 		OFLUNLOCK();
 	}
 
-	r = -(fflush(f) || f->close(f));
+	r = fflush(f);
+	r |= f->close(f);
 
 	if (!perm) free(f);