diff --git a/tmk_core/common/keyboard.c b/tmk_core/common/keyboard.c
index 20b867285e1..a3fe559f356 100644
--- a/tmk_core/common/keyboard.c
+++ b/tmk_core/common/keyboard.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ extern const uint16_t keymaps[][MATRIX_ROWS][MATRIX_COLS];
 static matrix_row_t get_real_keys(uint8_t row, matrix_row_t rowdata){
     matrix_row_t out = 0;
     for (int col = 0; col < MATRIX_COLS; col++) {
-        if (pgm_read_byte(&keymaps[0][row][col]) && ((rowdata & (1<<col)))){
+        if (pgm_read_byte(&keymaps[0][row][col]) && (rowdata & (1<<col))){
             out |= 1<<col;
         }
     }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static inline bool countones(matrix_row_t row)
 static inline bool has_ghost_in_row(uint8_t row, matrix_row_t rowdata)
 {
     rowdata = get_real_keys(row, rowdata);
-    if (((rowdata - 1) & rowdata) == 0){
+    if ((countones(rowdata)) == 0){
         return false;
     }
     /* No ghost exists when less than 2 keys are down on the row.