diff --git a/tasks.c b/tasks.c
index 5600f4a93..013694dd3 100644
--- a/tasks.c
+++ b/tasks.c
@@ -3530,13 +3530,13 @@ static BaseType_t prvCreateIdleTasks( void )
     BaseType_t xIdleNameLen;
     BaseType_t xCopyLen;
 
-    configASSERT( configIDLE_TASK_NAME != NULL && configMAX_TASK_NAME_LEN > 3 );
+    configASSERT( ( configIDLE_TASK_NAME != NULL ) && ( configMAX_TASK_NAME_LEN > 3 ) );
 
     /* The length of the idle task name is limited to the minimum of the length
      * of configIDLE_TASK_NAME and configMAX_TASK_NAME_LEN - 2, keeping space
      * for the core ID suffix and the null-terminator. */
     xIdleNameLen = sizeof( configIDLE_TASK_NAME ) - 1;
-    xCopyLen = ( xIdleNameLen < configMAX_TASK_NAME_LEN - 2 ) ? xIdleNameLen : configMAX_TASK_NAME_LEN - 2;
+    xCopyLen = xIdleNameLen < ( configMAX_TASK_NAME_LEN - 2 ) ? xIdleNameLen : ( configMAX_TASK_NAME_LEN - 2 );
 
     for( xIdleTaskNameIndex = ( BaseType_t ) 0; xIdleTaskNameIndex < xCopyLen; xIdleTaskNameIndex++ )
     {