diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c b/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c
index b452cc1afd550a5c7c24ed4bde87db498539952c..5d6e6cbfa360375cabfa6bcbc87650eddab50ec5 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c
@@ -2029,7 +2029,7 @@ remove_write (struct device_driver *drv, const char *buf, size_t count)
                 count = IFNAMSIZ-1;
 
         for (i=0, p=(char *)buf; i<count && *p; i++, p++) {
-                if ((*p == '\n') | (*p == ' ')) {
+                if ((*p == '\n') || (*p == ' ')) {
                         /* trailing lf, grr */
                         break;
                 } else {