diff --git a/src/partition/repart.c b/src/partition/repart.c
index 0948514455..1fdc628f95 100644
--- a/src/partition/repart.c
+++ b/src/partition/repart.c
@@ -6815,7 +6815,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         if (!arg_dry_run)
                 arg_pager_flags |= PAGER_DISABLE;
 
-        if (arg_empty == EMPTY_CREATE && (arg_size == UINT64_MAX && !arg_size_auto))
+        if (arg_empty == EMPTY_CREATE && arg_size == UINT64_MAX && !arg_size_auto)
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
                                        "If --empty=create is specified, --size= must be specified, too.");