1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/deadline-iosched.c b/drivers/block/deadline-iosched.c
index 24594c57c323..52a3ae5289a0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/deadline-iosched.c
+++ b/drivers/block/deadline-iosched.c
@@ -512,7 +512,10 @@ static int deadline_dispatch_requests(struct deadline_data *dd)
         /*
          * batches are currently reads XOR writes
          */
-        drq = dd->next_drq[WRITE] ? : dd->next_drq[READ];
+        if (dd->next_drq[WRITE])
+                drq = dd->next_drq[WRITE];
+        else
+                drq = dd->next_drq[READ];
 
         if (drq) {
                 /* we have a "next request" */