diff --git a/src/arvgentlstream.c b/src/arvgentlstream.c
index 38adff821..432db8528 100644
--- a/src/arvgentlstream.c
+++ b/src/arvgentlstream.c
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ arv_gentl_stream_create_buffers (ArvStream *stream, guint n_buffers, size_t size
                 arv_stream_push_buffer (stream, buffer);
         }
 
-        return gc_error = GC_ERR_SUCCESS;
+        return gc_error == GC_ERR_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/arvstream.c b/src/arvstream.c
index 65ae8bb9f..99ad41f83 100644
--- a/src/arvstream.c
+++ b/src/arvstream.c
@@ -757,7 +757,6 @@ arv_stream_create_buffers (ArvStream *stream, unsigned int n_buffers,
                         }
                 }
 
-
                 return success;
         }