diff --git a/malloc.c b/malloc.c
index 18772c7..dd7b794 100644
--- a/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc.c
@@ -274,11 +274,9 @@ static void write_after_free_check(char *p, size_t size) {
     }
 }
 
-#if __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__
-static const uint64_t canary_mask = 0xffffffffffffff00UL;
-#else
-static const uint64_t canary_mask = 0x00ffffffffffffffUL;
-#endif
+static const uint64_t canary_mask = __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__ ?
+    0xffffffffffffff00UL :
+    0x00ffffffffffffffUL;
 
 static void set_canary(struct slab_metadata *metadata, void *p, size_t size) {
     memcpy((char *)p + size - canary_size, &metadata->canary_value, canary_size);