1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/hostip6.c b/lib/hostip6.c
index 61b140b14..8ddcd84b1 100644
--- a/lib/hostip6.c
+++ b/lib/hostip6.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ bool Curl_ipvalid(struct SessionHandle *data)
   if(data->set.ip_version == CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6) {
     /* see if we have an IPv6 stack */
     curl_socket_t s = socket(PF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
-    if (s < 0)
+    if (s != CURL_SOCKET_BAD)
       /* an ipv6 address was requested and we can't get/use one */
       return FALSE;
     sclose(s);