diff --git a/c-programming/reverse-ramdisk.c b/c-programming/reverse-ramdisk.c
index 8beb570..825e7f1 100644
--- a/c-programming/reverse-ramdisk.c
+++ b/c-programming/reverse-ramdisk.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ To-Do: error handling on line 184, function fread()
 	printf("failed on line %d\n", __LINE__ + x); \
 } while (0)
 #else
-# define line_fail(x) do {} while (0)
+# define line_fail(x)
 #endif
 
 #define retreat(s) do { \