diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
index 9ec0cf7b9..e75d9ff5c 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ ngx_http_process_request_header(ngx_http_request_t *r)
         return NGX_ERROR;
     }
 
-    if (r->method & (NGX_HTTP_TRACE)) {
+    if (r->method & NGX_HTTP_TRACE) {
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_INFO, r->connection->log, 0,
                       "client sent TRACE method");
         ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_NOT_ALLOWED);