diff --git a/tests/sshserver.pl b/tests/sshserver.pl
index fefe1b557..974891fcf 100644
--- a/tests/sshserver.pl
+++ b/tests/sshserver.pl
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ if ($verbose) {
 }
 
 # Verify minimum OpenSSH version.
-if ($ssh_daemon !~ /OpenSSH/) || (10 * $ssh_ver_major + $ssh_ver_minor < 37)
+if (($ssh_daemon !~ /OpenSSH/) || (10 * $ssh_ver_major + $ssh_ver_minor < 37)) {
     print "SCP and SFTP tests require OpenSSH 3.7 or later\n";
     exit 1;
 }