diff --git a/libcudacxx/include/cuda/std/__cccl/builtin.h b/libcudacxx/include/cuda/std/__cccl/builtin.h
index 0ab81891842..5086f175e2b 100644
--- a/libcudacxx/include/cuda/std/__cccl/builtin.h
+++ b/libcudacxx/include/cuda/std/__cccl/builtin.h
@@ -115,8 +115,10 @@
 #endif // _CCCL_CHECK_BUILTIN(builtin_constant_p)
 
 #if _CCCL_CHECK_BUILTIN(builtin_expect) || _CCCL_COMPILER(MSVC) || _CCCL_COMPILER(GCC)
-#  define _CCCL_BUILTIN_EXPECT(...) __builtin_expect(__VA_ARGS__)
-#endif // _CCCL_CHECK_BUILTIN(builtin_expect)
+#  define _CCCL_BUILTIN_EXPECT(_EXPR, _VAL) __builtin_expect(_EXPR, _VAL)
+#else // ^^^ has __builtin_expect ^^^ / vvv no __builtin_expect vvv
+#  define _CCCL_BUILTIN_EXPECT(_EXPR, _VAL) (_EXPR)
+#endif // ^^^ no __builtin_expect ^^^
 
 #if _CCCL_CHECK_BUILTIN(builtin_huge_valf) || _CCCL_COMPILER(MSVC) || _CCCL_COMPILER(GCC, <, 10)
 #  define _CCCL_BUILTIN_HUGE_VALF() __builtin_huge_valf()