diff --git a/libopendmarc/opendmarc_spf.c b/libopendmarc/opendmarc_spf.c
index 4e4e61f..5bab132 100644
--- a/libopendmarc/opendmarc_spf.c
+++ b/libopendmarc/opendmarc_spf.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ opendmarc_spf2_test(char *ip_address, char *mail_from_domain, char *helo_domain,
 	}
 
 	ret = opendmarc_spf2_find_mailfrom_domain(ctx, mail_from_domain, mfrom, sizeof mfrom, used_mfrom);
-	if (ret |= 0 || *used_mfrom == FALSE)
+	if (ret != 0 || *used_mfrom == FALSE)
 	{
 		(void) strlcpy(helo, helo_domain, sizeof helo);
 		SPF_request_set_helo_dom(ctx->spf_request, helo);