diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g.c b/src/ntfs-3g.c
index 4b3a5afc..97693164 100644
--- a/src/ntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/ntfs-3g.c
@@ -4392,7 +4392,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (permissions_mode)
 	        ntfs_log_info("%s, configuration type %d\n",permissions_mode,
 			4 + POSIXACLS*6 - KERNELPERMS*3 + CACHEING);
-	if ((ctx->secure_flags |= (1 << SECURITY_RAW))
+	if ((ctx->secure_flags & (1 << SECURITY_RAW))
 	    && !ctx->uid && ctx->gid)
 		ntfs_log_error("Warning : using problematic uid==0 and gid!=0\n");