diff --git a/libc/src/__support/FPUtil/BasicOperations.h b/libc/src/__support/FPUtil/BasicOperations.h
index 994237ba8492..2357b053b60b 100644
--- a/libc/src/__support/FPUtil/BasicOperations.h
+++ b/libc/src/__support/FPUtil/BasicOperations.h
@@ -354,10 +354,7 @@ LIBC_INLINE cpp::enable_if_t<cpp::is_floating_point_v<T>, T> getpayload(T x) {
 
     return static_cast<T>(payload_dfloat);
   } else {
-    if constexpr (cpp::is_same_v<T, bfloat16>)
-      return T(static_cast<int>(payload));
-    else
-      return static_cast<T>(payload);
+    return static_cast<T>(payload);
   }
 }