diff --git a/apps/ecparam.c b/apps/ecparam.c
index f7f2fafead9e840ec457dfcda0722fcc6397e7bf..ac4c565a4fb14b2bb586ad17ba9fa790e6a53824 100644
--- a/apps/ecparam.c
+++ b/apps/ecparam.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ bad:
 			if (comment == NULL)
 				comment = "";
 			if (sname == NULL)
-				sname == "";
+				sname = "";
 
 			len = BIO_printf(out, "  %-10s: ", sname);
 			if (len + strlen(comment) > 80)