diff --git a/lib/std/heap.zig b/lib/std/heap.zig
index 0d35c98c1c..f0ea8d0d46 100644
--- a/lib/std/heap.zig
+++ b/lib/std/heap.zig
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ pub var next_mmap_addr_hint: ?[*]align(page_size_min) u8 = null;
 ///
 /// On many systems, the actual page size can only be determined at runtime
 /// with `pageSize`.
-pub const page_size_min: usize = std.options.page_size_min orelse page_size_min_default orelse
-    @compileError(@tagName(builtin.cpu.arch) ++ "-" ++ @tagName(builtin.os.tag) ++ " has unknown page_size_min; populate std.options.page_size_min");
+pub const page_size_min: usize = std.options.page_size_min orelse (page_size_min_default orelse
+    @compileError(@tagName(builtin.cpu.arch) ++ "-" ++ @tagName(builtin.os.tag) ++ " has unknown page_size_min; populate std.options.page_size_min"));
 
 /// comptime-known maximum page size of the target.
 ///