diff --git a/mercurial/dirstate.py b/mercurial/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ class dirstate(object):
                     or size == -2  # other parent
                     or fn in copymap
                 ):
-                    if (stat.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) and size != st.st_size):
+                    if stat.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) and size != st.st_size:
                         # issue6456: Size returned may be longer due to
                         # encryption on EXT-4 fscrypt, undecided.
                         ladd(fn)