diff --git a/ssh.c b/ssh.c
index bd8db8da..d20b1305 100644
--- a/ssh.c
+++ b/ssh.c
@@ -2410,7 +2410,7 @@ static int do_ssh_init(Ssh ssh, unsigned char c)
                   strcspn(verstring, "\015\012"), verstring);
 	sk_write(ssh->s, verstring, strlen(verstring));
         sfree(verstring);
-	if (ssh->version = 2)
+	if (ssh->version == 2)
 	    do_ssh2_transport(ssh, NULL, -1, NULL);
     }