diff --git a/main/php_output.h b/main/php_output.h
index 5d2ea5f9e8c..d1f0bb3842b 100644
--- a/main/php_output.h
+++ b/main/php_output.h
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ PHPAPI ZEND_EXTERN_MODULE_GLOBALS(output)
 #define PHPWRITE(str, str_len)		php_output_write((str), (str_len))
 #define PHPWRITE_H(str, str_len)	php_output_write_unbuffered((str), (str_len))
 
-#define PUTC(c)						(php_output_write((const char *) &(c), 1), (c))
-#define PUTC_H(c)					(php_output_write_unbuffered((const char *) &(c), 1), (c))
+#define PUTC(c)						php_output_write((const char *) &(c), 1)
+#define PUTC_H(c)					php_output_write_unbuffered((const char *) &(c), 1)
 
 #define PUTS(str)					do {				\
 	const char *__str = (str);							\