diff --git a/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp b/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp
index d39e89ce7c7d68cac41b1faf433d6415bb568857..e77c24452182b02d604a1bfd7524b50fc4841140 100644
--- a/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void HTTPClient::end(void)
 bool HTTPClient::connected()
 {
     if(_tcp) {
-        return (_tcp->connected() || (_tcp->available() > 0));
+        return ((_tcp->available() > 0) || _tcp->connected());
     }
     return false;
 }