diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c b/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
index 85efc7d..6394bfb 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	unsigned int pwr_lvl = psci_get_pstate_pwrlvl(power_state);
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	assert(req_state > 0U);
+	assert(req_state != NULL);
 
 	if (pwr_lvl > PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL)
 		return PSCI_E_INVALID_PARAMS;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	unsigned int state_id;
 	int i;
 
-	assert(req_state);
+	assert(req_state != NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 *  Currently we are using a linear search for finding the matching
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 
 int arm_validate_psci_entrypoint(uintptr_t entrypoint)
 {
-	return arm_validate_ns_entrypoint(entrypoint) == 0 ? PSCI_E_SUCCESS :
+	return (arm_validate_ns_entrypoint(entrypoint) == 0) ? PSCI_E_SUCCESS :
 		PSCI_E_INVALID_ADDRESS;
 }