diff --git a/gunicorn/glogging.py b/gunicorn/glogging.py
index b37e6847..08bc121a 100644
--- a/gunicorn/glogging.py
+++ b/gunicorn/glogging.py
@@ -419,10 +419,7 @@ class Logger(object):
 
     def _set_syslog_handler(self, log, cfg, fmt, name):
         # setup format
-        if not cfg.syslog_prefix:
-            prefix = cfg.proc_name.replace(":", ".")
-        else:
-            prefix = cfg.syslog_prefix
+        prefix = cfg.syslog_prefix or cfg.proc_name.replace(":", ".")
 
         prefix = "gunicorn.%s.%s" % (prefix, name)
 
diff --git a/tests/treq.py b/tests/treq.py
index 71466855..9b6cdd1b 100644
--- a/tests/treq.py
+++ b/tests/treq.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class request(object):
     def szread(self, func, sizes):
         sz = sizes()
         data = func(sz)
-        if sz >= 0 and len(data) > sz:
+        if 0 <= sz < len(data):
             raise AssertionError("Read more than %d bytes: %s" % (sz, data))
         return data