diff --git a/drivers/net/ewrk3.c b/drivers/net/ewrk3.c
index c8c41f0a47d6..714ea1176ec7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ewrk3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ewrk3.c
@@ -414,10 +414,9 @@ ewrk3_hw_init(struct net_device *dev, u_long iobase)
 	icr &= 0x70;
 	outb(icr, EWRK3_ICR);	/* Disable all the IRQs */
 
-	if (nicsr == (CSR_TXD | CSR_RXD))
+	if (nicsr != (CSR_TXD | CSR_RXD))
 		return -ENXIO;
 
-
 	/* Check that the EEPROM is alive and well and not living on Pluto... */
 	for (chksum = 0, i = 0; i < EEPROM_MAX; i += 2) {
 		union {