diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 74d0893f2..3f85502eb 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -2886,8 +2886,8 @@ ConnectionExists(struct SessionHandle *data,
   struct connectdata *check;
   struct connectdata *chosen = 0;
   bool canPipeline = IsPipeliningPossible(data, needle);
-  bool wantNTLM = (data->state.authhost.want==CURLAUTH_NTLM) ||
-                  (data->state.authhost.want==CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+  bool wantNTLM = (data->state.authhost.want & CURLAUTH_NTLM) ||
+    (data->state.authhost.want & CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB) ? TRUE : FALSE;
   struct connectbundle *bundle;
 
   *force_reuse = FALSE;