1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib508.c b/tests/libtest/lib508.c
index cb60ce1bd..1f6c6838a 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib508.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib508.c
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ int test(char *URL)
     return TEST_ERR_MAJOR_BAD;
   }
 
-  if((curl = curl_easy_init()) == NULL) {
+  curl = curl_easy_init();
+  if(!curl) {
     fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_init() failed\n");
     curl_global_cleanup();
     return TEST_ERR_MAJOR_BAD;