--- linux-2.3.48pre1/net/decnet/af_decnet.c	Sat Feb 12 11:52:04 2000
+++ linux-2.3.48pre1-new/net/decnet/af_decnet.c	Thu Feb 24 22:38:06 2000
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@
 	scp->persist_fxn = dn_nsp_xmit_timeout;
 
 	while(sent < size) {
-		if ((err = sock_error(sk) != 0))
+		if ((err = sock_error(sk)) != 0)
 			goto out;
 
 		if (signal_pending(current)) {