diff --git a/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c b/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c
index e57706ab29..18b15599c6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ gst_validate_structure_set_variables_from_struct_file (GstStructure * vars,
   gchar *t, *config_name_dir;
   gchar *validateflow, *expectations_dir, *actual_result_dir;
   const gchar *logdir;
-  gboolean local = ! !vars;
+  gboolean local = !!vars;
 
   if (!struct_file)
     return;
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c b/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c
index e49fc4f452..067f9a7a7e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c
@@ -908,7 +908,8 @@ done:
 
 gboolean
     gst_validate_media_descriptor_writer_add_taglist
-    (GstValidateMediaDescriptorWriter * writer, const GstTagList * taglist) {
+    (GstValidateMediaDescriptorWriter * writer, const GstTagList * taglist)
+{
   gchar *str_str = NULL;
   GstValidateMediaTagsNode *tagsnode;
   GstValidateMediaTagNode *tagnode;