diff --git a/scripts/portstat b/scripts/portstat
index 21a42774d..20f10fb67 100755
--- a/scripts/portstat
+++ b/scripts/portstat
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class Portstat(object):
                 print(table_as_json(table, header))
             else:
                 print(tabulate(table, header, tablefmt='simple', stralign='right'))
-        if multi_asic.is_multi_asic() or device_info.is_chassis() and not use_json:
+        if (multi_asic.is_multi_asic() or device_info.is_chassis()) and not use_json:
             print("\nReminder: Please execute 'show interface counters -d all' to include internal links\n")
 
     def cnstat_intf_diff_print(self, cnstat_new_dict, cnstat_old_dict, intf_list):
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ class Portstat(object):
                 print(table_as_json(table, header))
             else:
                 print(tabulate(table, header, tablefmt='simple', stralign='right'))
-        if multi_asic.is_multi_asic() or device_info.is_chassis() and not use_json:
+        if (multi_asic.is_multi_asic() or device_info.is_chassis()) and not use_json:
             print("\nReminder: Please execute 'show interface counters -d all' to include internal links\n")
 
 def main():