diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/call.c b/src/core/lib/surface/call.c
index 8de0b41fa4358bd004ebfbcd125aa8dafdb171c4..cac5737d9192d9a1d125ffe427da17040a54c5eb 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/call.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/call.c
@@ -1478,8 +1478,8 @@ static grpc_call_error call_start_batch(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
         /* If the outgoing buffer is already compressed, mark it as so in the
            flags. These will be picked up by the compression filter and further
            (wasteful) attempts at compression skipped. */
-        if (op->data.send_message.send_message->data.raw.compression
-            > GRPC_COMPRESS_NONE) {
+        if (op->data.send_message.send_message->data.raw.compression >
+            GRPC_COMPRESS_NONE) {
           call->sending_stream.base.flags |= GRPC_WRITE_INTERNAL_COMPRESS;
         }
         stream_op->send_message = &call->sending_stream.base;
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.c b/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.c
index 07f282b5f53f3de4575d1725854d2bb086c908ad..690c1a4582d595e4780a1374a80dc5521818e441 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.c
@@ -934,8 +934,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
               } else {
                 has_ops |= 1 << GRPC_OP_SEND_MESSAGE;
                 g_active_call->send_message =
-                    op->data.send_message.send_message =
-                    read_message(&inp);
+                    op->data.send_message.send_message = read_message(&inp);
               }
               break;
             case GRPC_OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT: