diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-10-30-18-16-10.gh-issue-126195.6ezBpr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-10-30-18-16-10.gh-issue-126195.6ezBpr.rst
index 45a79e9877fdf5..01424d8a545d78 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-10-30-18-16-10.gh-issue-126195.6ezBpr.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-10-30-18-16-10.gh-issue-126195.6ezBpr.rst
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Improve JIT performance by 1.4% on macOS Apple Silicon. Patch by Diego Russo.
+Improve JIT performance by 1.4% on macOS Apple Silicon by using platform-specific memory protection APIs. Patch by Diego Russo.
diff --git a/Python/jit.c b/Python/jit.c
index dbaef80049c0d6..12b487e215f2dd 100644
--- a/Python/jit.c
+++ b/Python/jit.c
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ mark_executable(unsigned char *memory, size_t size)
 #else
     int failed = 0;
     __builtin___clear_cache((char *)memory, (char *)memory + size);
-# ifndef MAP_JIT
+#ifndef MAP_JIT
     failed = mprotect(memory, size, PROT_EXEC | PROT_READ);
-# endif
+#endif
 #endif
     if (failed) {
         jit_error("unable to protect executable memory");