diff --git a/src/core/core.scale.js b/src/core/core.scale.js
index b0bdc3cfdd3..534d3f2d63c 100644
--- a/src/core/core.scale.js
+++ b/src/core/core.scale.js
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ var Scale = Element.extend({
 
 				// Allow 3 pixels x2 padding either side for label readability
 				if (maxLabelWidth + 6 > tickWidth) {
-					tickWidth = maxWidth / (ticks.length - (options.offset ? 0.5 : 1));
+					tickWidth = maxWidth / (ticks.length - options.offset ? 0.5 : 1);
 					maxHeight = me.maxHeight - getTickMarkLength(options.gridLines)
 						- tickOpts.padding - getScaleLabelHeight(options.scaleLabel);
 					maxLabelDiagonal = Math.sqrt(maxLabelWidth * maxLabelWidth + maxLabelHeight * maxLabelHeight);
@@ -700,8 +700,8 @@ var Scale = Element.extend({
 	getPixelForTick: function(index) {
 		var me = this;
 		var offset = me.options.offset;
-		var tickWidth = 1 / Math.max((me._ticks.length - (offset ? 0 : 1)), 1);
-		var decimal = index * tickWidth + (offset ? tickWidth / 2 : 0);
+		var tickWidth = 1 / Math.max((me._ticks.length - offset ? 0 : 1), 1);
+		var decimal = index * tickWidth + offset ? tickWidth / 2 : 0;
 		return me.getPixelForDecimal(decimal);
 	},