diff --git a/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_cepstral/mod_cepstral.c b/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_cepstral/mod_cepstral.c
index db4de7432f..6df1617595 100644
--- a/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_cepstral/mod_cepstral.c
+++ b/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_cepstral/mod_cepstral.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static switch_status_t cepstral_speech_open(switch_speech_handle_t *sh, const ch
 
 
 	/* Open a Swift Port through which to make TTS calls */
-	if (SWIFT_FAILED(cepstral->port = swift_port_open(engine, cepstral->params))) {
+	if (!(cepstral->port = swift_port_open(engine, cepstral->params))) {
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to open Swift Port.\n");
 		goto all_done;
 	}
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ SWITCH_MODULE_LOAD_FUNCTION(mod_cepstral_load)
 	switch_speech_interface_t *speech_interface;
 
 	/* Open the Swift TTS Engine */
-	if (SWIFT_FAILED(engine = swift_engine_open(NULL))) {
+	if (!(engine = swift_engine_open(NULL))) {
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to open Swift Engine.");
 		return SWITCH_STATUS_GENERR;
 	}