diff --git a/connectors/netty-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/netty/connector/Expect100ContinueConnectorExtension.java b/connectors/netty-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/netty/connector/Expect100ContinueConnectorExtension.java
index 0cc3d30eda..0c8bb4bb40 100644
--- a/connectors/netty-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/netty/connector/Expect100ContinueConnectorExtension.java
+++ b/connectors/netty-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/netty/connector/Expect100ContinueConnectorExtension.java
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ public void invoke(ClientRequest request, HttpRequest extensionParam) {
         final boolean allowStreaming = length > expectContinueSizeThreshold
                 || entityProcessing == RequestEntityProcessing.CHUNKED;
 
-        if (extensionParam.protocolVersion().equals(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1)
-                && (!Boolean.TRUE.equals(expectContinueActivated)
+        if (!extensionParam.protocolVersion().equals(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1)
+                || !Boolean.TRUE.equals(expectContinueActivated)
                 || !request.hasEntity()
-                || !allowStreaming)) {
+                || !allowStreaming) {
             return;
         }
         extensionParam.headers().add(HttpHeaderNames.EXPECT, HttpHeaderValues.CONTINUE);