diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index da851c0..92c35a8 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 -*,
 boost-use-to-string,
 bugprone-argument-comment,
+bugprone-assignment-in-if-condition,
 bugprone-assert-side-effect,
 bugprone-bad-signal-to-kill-thread,
 bugprone-bool-pointer-implicit-conversion,
diff --git a/src/NVMeBasicContext.cpp b/src/NVMeBasicContext.cpp
index 032e68a..527605c 100644
--- a/src/NVMeBasicContext.cpp
+++ b/src/NVMeBasicContext.cpp
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@
 
     thread = std::jthread([streamIn{std::move(streamIn)},
                            streamOut{std::move(streamOut)}]() mutable {
-        ssize_t rc = 0;
+        ssize_t rc = processBasicQueryStream(streamIn, streamOut);
 
-        if ((rc = processBasicQueryStream(streamIn, streamOut)) < 0)
+        if (rc < 0)
         {
             std::cerr << "Failure while processing query stream: "
                       << strerror(static_cast<int>(-rc)) << "\n";