diff --git a/code/AssetLib/MDL/MDLMaterialLoader.cpp b/code/AssetLib/MDL/MDLMaterialLoader.cpp
index aeefa5a04..5f5dde96a 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/MDL/MDLMaterialLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/AssetLib/MDL/MDLMaterialLoader.cpp
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ void MDLImporter::ParseSkinLump_3DGS_MDL7(
 
         aiString szFile;
         const size_t iLen = strlen((const char *)szCurrent);
-        size_t iLen2 = iLen > MAXLEN - 1 ? MAXLEN - 1: iLen;
+        size_t iLen2 = iLen > (MAXLEN - 1) ? (MAXLEN - 1) : iLen;
         memcpy(szFile.data, (const char *)szCurrent, iLen2);
         szFile.data[iLen2] = '\0';
         szFile.length = static_cast<ai_uint32>(iLen2);