diff --git a/src/sbbs3/mxlookup.c b/src/sbbs3/mxlookup.c
index 94620c944600f33933dd4fa90f446c460992b7b9..9eec6cf6ea2fc7aa07352e4b4af66131b9656367 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/mxlookup.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/mxlookup.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ int dns_getmx(char* name, char* mx, char* mx2
 
 	/* check for writability */
 	if (!socket_writable(sock, timeout * 1000)) {
-		result =- 1;
+		result = -1;
 		mail_close_socket(&sock, &sess);
 		return(result);
 	}