diff --git a/libraries/libldap/result.c b/libraries/libldap/result.c
index a47e0577e97b557058ea13bbcf557a01f6b94564..4ed68c7b8ee2b6f6faa44aa12e741d7b780b4bba 100644
--- a/libraries/libldap/result.c
+++ b/libraries/libldap/result.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ int
 ldap_msgtype( LDAPMessage *lm )
 {
 	assert( lm != NULL );
-	return ( lm == NULL ) ? lm->lm_msgtype : -1;
+	return ( lm != NULL ) ? lm->lm_msgtype : -1;
 }
 
 
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ ldap_msgid( LDAPMessage *lm )
 {
 	assert( lm != NULL );
 
-	return ( lm == NULL ) ? lm->lm_msgid : -1;
+	return ( lm != NULL ) ? lm->lm_msgid : -1;
 }