diff --git a/dumux/material/components/xylene.hh b/dumux/material/components/xylene.hh
index 4765c278323d5c5bd8f58f6a08cabb2105425a97..8adf4dbbea30d56e6dbfde03e6fa6f1411b4e3b9 100644
--- a/dumux/material/components/xylene.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/components/xylene.hh
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ public:
      */
     static Scalar liquidDensity(Scalar temperature, Scalar pressure)
     {
-        return (molarLiquidDensity(temperature, pressure)*molarMass()); // [kg/m^3]
+        return molarLiquidDensity(temperature, pressure)*molarMass(); // [kg/m^3]
     }
 
     /*!