diff --git a/src/detect-fileext.c b/src/detect-fileext.c
index 223ebfc216..817a5fe859 100644
--- a/src/detect-fileext.c
+++ b/src/detect-fileext.c
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@ static int DetectFileextMatch (ThreadVars *t, DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
             ret = 1;
             SCLogDebug("File ext found");
         }
-    }
-
-    if (ret == 0 && (fileext->flags & DETECT_CONTENT_NEGATED)) {
+    } else if (fileext->flags & DETECT_CONTENT_NEGATED) {
         SCLogDebug("negated match");
         ret = 1;
     }
diff --git a/src/detect-filename.c b/src/detect-filename.c
index d39e661e74..56578bfb40 100644
--- a/src/detect-filename.c
+++ b/src/detect-filename.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static int DetectFilenameMatch (ThreadVars *t, DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
         }
     }
 
-    if (ret == 0 && (filename->flags & DETECT_CONTENT_NEGATED)) {
+    else if (filename->flags & DETECT_CONTENT_NEGATED) {
         SCLogDebug("negated match");
         ret = 1;
     }