diff --git a/src/shared/efivars.c b/src/shared/efivars.c
index fc884dedf0..1bd8835633 100644
--- a/src/shared/efivars.c
+++ b/src/shared/efivars.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ int efi_get_boot_option(
         if (path)
                 *path = TAKE_PTR(p);
         if (active)
-                *active = !!(header->attr & LOAD_OPTION_ACTIVE);
+                *active = header->attr & LOAD_OPTION_ACTIVE;
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/timesync/timesyncd-manager.c b/src/timesync/timesyncd-manager.c
index 4c00fa409f..3c3a7fe69a 100644
--- a/src/timesync/timesyncd-manager.c
+++ b/src/timesync/timesyncd-manager.c
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ static int manager_network_event_handler(sd_event_source *s, int fd, uint32_t re
         sd_network_monitor_flush(m->network_monitor);
 
         /* When manager_network_read_link_servers() failed, we assume that the servers are changed. */
-        changed = !!manager_network_read_link_servers(m);
+        changed = manager_network_read_link_servers(m);
 
         /* check if the machine is online */
         online = network_is_online();