diff --git a/src/json.hpp b/src/json.hpp
index ddf37eb2e..a8289a495 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp
+++ b/src/json.hpp
@@ -8892,7 +8892,8 @@ basic_json_parser_63:
             {
                 case lexer::token_type::begin_object:
                 {
-                    if (keep and (not callback or (keep = callback(depth++, parse_event_t::object_start, result))))
+                    if (keep and (not callback
+                                  or ((keep = callback(depth++, parse_event_t::object_start, result)) != 0)))
                     {
                         // explicitly set result to object to cope with {}
                         result.m_type = value_t::object;
@@ -8970,7 +8971,8 @@ basic_json_parser_63:
 
                 case lexer::token_type::begin_array:
                 {
-                    if (keep and (not callback or (keep = callback(depth++, parse_event_t::array_start, result))))
+                    if (keep and (not callback
+                                  or ((keep = callback(depth++, parse_event_t::array_start, result)) != 0)))
                     {
                         // explicitly set result to object to cope with []
                         result.m_type = value_t::array;
diff --git a/src/json.hpp.re2c b/src/json.hpp.re2c
index 740c768c5..ffa20f39a 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp.re2c
+++ b/src/json.hpp.re2c
@@ -8189,7 +8189,8 @@ class basic_json
             {
                 case lexer::token_type::begin_object:
                 {
-                    if (keep and (not callback or (keep = callback(depth++, parse_event_t::object_start, result))))
+                    if (keep and (not callback
+                                  or ((keep = callback(depth++, parse_event_t::object_start, result)) != 0)))
                     {
                         // explicitly set result to object to cope with {}
                         result.m_type = value_t::object;
@@ -8267,7 +8268,8 @@ class basic_json
 
                 case lexer::token_type::begin_array:
                 {
-                    if (keep and (not callback or (keep = callback(depth++, parse_event_t::array_start, result))))
+                    if (keep and (not callback
+                                  or ((keep = callback(depth++, parse_event_t::array_start, result)) != 0)))
                     {
                         // explicitly set result to object to cope with []
                         result.m_type = value_t::array;