diff --git a/discord/http.py b/discord/http.py
index a3c8a55c4..9960dc88f 100644
--- a/discord/http.py
+++ b/discord/http.py
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ class HTTPClient:
         if reason:
             headers['X-Audit-Log-Reason'] = _uriquote(reason)
 
-        if payload := kwargs.pop('json', None) is not None:
+        if (payload := kwargs.pop('json', None)) is not None:
             headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
             kwargs['data'] = utils._to_json(payload)