diff --git a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c
index f190a99604f0..393633681f49 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c
@@ -2359,8 +2359,8 @@ isdn_tty_at_cout(char *msg, modem_info * info)
 
 	/* use queue instead of direct, if online and */
 	/* data is in queue or buffer is full */
-	if ((info->online && tty_buffer_request_room(tty, l) < l) ||
-	    (!skb_queue_empty(&dev->drv[info->isdn_driver]->rpqueue[info->isdn_channel]))) {
+	if (info->online && ((tty_buffer_request_room(tty, l) < l) ||
+	    !skb_queue_empty(&dev->drv[info->isdn_driver]->rpqueue[info->isdn_channel]))) {
 		skb = alloc_skb(l, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!skb) {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&info->readlock, flags);