diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c
index 34fc1e844..b1a2560b2 100644
--- a/lib/connect.c
+++ b/lib/connect.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_connecthost(struct connectdata *conn,  /* context */
 
     /* get the most strict timeout of the ones converted to milliseconds */
     if(data->set.timeout &&
-       (data->set.timeout>data->set.connecttimeout))
+       (data->set.timeout < data->set.connecttimeout))
       timeout_ms = data->set.timeout*1000;
     else
       timeout_ms = data->set.connecttimeout*1000;