diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/ppc/frame_ppc.inline.hpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/ppc/frame_ppc.inline.hpp
index e7dca45b3c3..861c6adc491 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/ppc/frame_ppc.inline.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/ppc/frame_ppc.inline.hpp
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ inline void frame::setup() {
   // Continuation frames on the java heap are not aligned.
   // When thawing interpreted frames the sp can be unaligned (see new_stack_frame()).
   assert(_on_heap ||
-         (is_aligned(_sp, alignment_in_bytes) || is_interpreted_frame()) &&
-         (is_aligned(_fp, alignment_in_bytes) || !is_fully_initialized()),
+         ((is_aligned(_sp, alignment_in_bytes) || is_interpreted_frame()) &&
+          (is_aligned(_fp, alignment_in_bytes) || !is_fully_initialized())),
          "invalid alignment sp:" PTR_FORMAT " unextended_sp:" PTR_FORMAT " fp:" PTR_FORMAT, p2i(_sp), p2i(_unextended_sp), p2i(_fp));
 }