diff --git a/src/game/process.c b/src/game/process.c
index 802d6699..3dbc58f0 100644
--- a/src/game/process.c
+++ b/src/game/process.c
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ Process *HuPrcCreate(void (*func)(void), u16 prio, u32 stack_size, s32 extra_siz
     alloc_size = HuMemMemoryAllocSizeGet(sizeof(Process))
                     +HuMemMemoryAllocSizeGet(stack_size)
                     +HuMemMemoryAllocSizeGet(extra_size);
-    heap = HuMemDirectMalloc(0, alloc_size);
-    if(!heap) {
+    if(!(heap = HuMemDirectMalloc(0, alloc_size))) {
         OSReport("process> malloc error size %d\n", alloc_size);
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ void HuPrcChildWatch()
             gclongjmp(&processjmpbuf, 1);
         }
     }
-    
 }
 
 Process *HuPrcCurrentGet()