diff --git a/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c b/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
index 855f8b2..7d0ef29 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cnx->lock, flags);
 
-	if (! cnx->state & VETH_STATE_READY)
+	if (! (cnx->state & VETH_STATE_READY))
 		goto drop;
 
 	if ((skb->len - 14) > VETH_MAX_MTU)