diff --git a/src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_io.c b/src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_io.c
index 609a67ac622827..77a72bd6684f28 100644
--- a/src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_io.c
+++ b/src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_io.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ int32_t SystemNative_MemfdSupported(void)
     int32_t major, minor;
 
     // memfd_create is only known to work properly on kernel version > 3.17 and throws SIGSEGV instead of ENOTSUP
-    if (sscanf(uts.release, "%d.%d", &major, &minor) == 2 && major < 3 || (major == 3 && minor < 17))
+    if (sscanf(uts.release, "%d.%d", &major, &minor) == 2 && (major < 3 || (major == 3 && minor < 17)))
     {
         return 0;
     }