diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index 96d0509fb8d85..d3219d73f8e65 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static inline const cpumask_t *get_cpu_mask(unsigned int cpu)
  * gcc optimizes it out (it's a constant) and there's no huge stack
  * variable created:
  */
-#define cpumask_of_cpu(cpu) ({ *get_cpu_mask(cpu); })
+#define cpumask_of_cpu(cpu) (*get_cpu_mask(cpu))
 
 
 #define CPU_MASK_LAST_WORD BITMAP_LAST_WORD_MASK(NR_CPUS)