diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
index b1c9857f8402d..ff8de1b71e4eb 100644
--- a/kernel/padata.c
+++ b/kernel/padata.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
-#define MAX_SEQ_NR INT_MAX - NR_CPUS
+#define MAX_SEQ_NR (INT_MAX - NR_CPUS)
 #define MAX_OBJ_NUM 1000
 
 static int padata_index_to_cpu(struct parallel_data *pd, int cpu_index)