diff --git a/panda/src/downloader/downloader.cxx b/panda/src/downloader/downloader.cxx
index 5cac4a977f..ce237fcc40 100644
--- a/panda/src/downloader/downloader.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/downloader/downloader.cxx
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ run(void) {
       _dest_stream.close();
       // The "Connection: close" line tells the server to close the 
       // connection when the download is complete
-      _connected == false;
+      _connected = false;
       return DS_success;
     } else {
       if (downloader_cat.is_debug())