diff --git a/apps/ocsp.c b/apps/ocsp.c
index 2ef42789e6eb8cfbdfbcd419a886d37bf9ef4c48..c599ffbd4f59cde611f279620e96db02cb143d65 100644
--- a/apps/ocsp.c
+++ b/apps/ocsp.c
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ static OCSP_RESPONSE *query_responder(BIO *cbio, const char *host,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (BIO_get_fd(cbio, &fd) <= 0) {
+    if (BIO_get_fd(cbio, &fd) < 0) {
         BIO_puts(bio_err, "Can't get connection fd\n");
         goto err;
     }