diff --git a/mpact/sim/util/memory/cache.cc b/mpact/sim/util/memory/cache.cc
index ad9c709..6b9af5d 100644
--- a/mpact/sim/util/memory/cache.cc
+++ b/mpact/sim/util/memory/cache.cc
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
   } else {
     size = db->size<uint8_t>();
   }
-  int latency = db == nullptr ? 0 : db->latency();
+  int latency = (db == nullptr) ? 0 : db->latency();
 
   (void)CacheLookup(address, size, /*is_read=*/true);
   if (tagged_memory_ == nullptr) return;