diff --git a/src/servers/launch/LaunchDaemon.cpp b/src/servers/launch/LaunchDaemon.cpp
index a6fc56697c..7af14fd44d 100644
--- a/src/servers/launch/LaunchDaemon.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/launch/LaunchDaemon.cpp
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ LaunchDaemon::_SetupEnvironment()
 {
 	// Determine safemode kernel option
 	BString safemode = "SAFEMODE=";
-	safemode << _IsSafeMode() ? "yes" : "no";
+	safemode << (_IsSafeMode() ? "yes" : "no");
 
 	putenv(safemode.String());
 }