diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0a328bde66c..e5b37a95b0a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Silenced a trivial compiler warning in the sqlite module.
+
 
 What's New in Python 2.6 beta 3?
 ================================
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/row.c b/Modules/_sqlite/row.c
index 34192673a63..f1e1c43c52c 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/row.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/row.c
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ static PyObject* pysqlite_row_richcompare(pysqlite_Row *self, PyObject *_other,
     if (PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(_other), &pysqlite_RowType)) {
 	pysqlite_Row *other = (pysqlite_Row *)_other;
 	PyObject *res = PyObject_RichCompare(self->description, other->description, opid);
-	if (opid == Py_EQ && res == Py_True
-	    || opid == Py_NE && res == Py_False) {
+	if ((opid == Py_EQ && res == Py_True)
+	    || (opid == Py_NE && res == Py_False)) {
 	    Py_DECREF(res);
 	    return PyObject_RichCompare(self->data, other->data, opid);
 	}