diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 51e284d..f72352a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ corrections:
 
 	improved dev_t print format definition
 
+	fixed bug in xio-openssl.c that prevented error handling of bad number
+	of arguments, thanks to Paulik Tamas for reporting
+
 	docu mentions option so-bindtodev but correct name is so-bindtodevice. 
 	Thanks to Jim Zimmerman for reporting.
 
diff --git a/xio-openssl.c b/xio-openssl.c
index 065198c..6b3fd1a 100644
--- a/xio-openssl.c
+++ b/xio-openssl.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static int
 				them, &themlen, us, &uslen,
 				&needbind, &lowport, socktype);
       if (result != STAT_OK)  return STAT_NORETRY;
-   } else if (argc = 1) {
+   } else if (argc == 1) {
 
       /* or a "non terminal" address without required parameters */
       if (xfd->wfd < 0) {