diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index 7cb9ecd..ca103f3 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@
 performance-unnecessary-copy-initialization,
 performance-unnecessary-value-param,
 readability-avoid-const-params-in-decls,
+readability-avoid-nested-conditional-operator,
 readability-braces-around-statements,
 readability-const-return-type,
 readability-container-contains,
diff --git a/redfish-core/lib/log_services.hpp b/redfish-core/lib/log_services.hpp
index 24f0251..4ea01e3 100644
--- a/redfish-core/lib/log_services.hpp
+++ b/redfish-core/lib/log_services.hpp
@@ -2594,9 +2594,17 @@
     bmcJournalLogEntryJson["Id"] = bmcJournalLogEntryID;
     bmcJournalLogEntryJson["Message"] = std::move(message);
     bmcJournalLogEntryJson["EntryType"] = "Oem";
-    bmcJournalLogEntryJson["Severity"] = severity <= 2   ? "Critical"
-                                         : severity <= 4 ? "Warning"
-                                                         : "OK";
+    log_entry::EventSeverity severityEnum = log_entry::EventSeverity::OK;
+    if (severity <= 2)
+    {
+        severityEnum = log_entry::EventSeverity::Critical;
+    }
+    else if (severity <= 4)
+    {
+        severityEnum = log_entry::EventSeverity::Warning;
+    }
+
+    bmcJournalLogEntryJson["Severity"] = severityEnum;
     bmcJournalLogEntryJson["OemRecordFormat"] = "BMC Journal Entry";
     bmcJournalLogEntryJson["Created"] = std::move(entryTimeStr);
     return 0;