PVS-Studio warning V502 for Xerces

int ContentSpecNode::getMaxTotalRange() const {
  ....
  int max
  int maxFirst;
  int maxSecond;
  ....
  max = max * (maxFirst > maxSecond) ? maxFirst : maxSecond;
  ....
}

This suspicious code was found in Xerces project by PVS-Studio static code analyzer.
Warning message is:
V502 Perhaps the '?:' operator works in a different way than it was expected. The '?:' operator has a lower priority than the '*' operator. contentspecnode.cpp 262

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