diff --git a/src/cunumeric/unary/unary_red.cu b/src/cunumeric/unary/unary_red.cu
index 17697e73b..47ae3ecc4 100644
--- a/src/cunumeric/unary/unary_red.cu
+++ b/src/cunumeric/unary/unary_red.cu
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static __device__ __forceinline__ Point<DIM> local_reduce(LHS& result,
   if (!domain.contains(point)) return point;
 
   bool mask = true;
-  if constexpr (HAS_WHERE) mask = (where[point] == true);
+  if constexpr (HAS_WHERE) mask = where[point];
   while (point[collapsed_dim] <= domain.hi[collapsed_dim]) {
     if (mask) {
       LHS value = OP::convert(point, collapsed_dim, identity, in[point]);