diff --git a/test/testssl b/test/testssl
index 04341e921..1497d2988 100644
--- a/test/testssl
+++ b/test/testssl
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ for protocol in SSLv3; do
   for cipher in `../util/shlib_wrap.sh ../apps/openssl ciphers "RSA+$protocol" | tr ':' ' '`; do
     echo "Testing $cipher"
     prot=""
-    if [ $protocol == "SSLv3" ] ; then
+    if [ $protocol = "SSLv3" ] ; then
       prot="-ssl3"
     fi
     $ssltest -cipher $cipher $prot