diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbJLink.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbJLink.c
index d3aacf060..c710d5002 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbJLink.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbJLink.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ long dbJLinkMapAll(char *recname, jlink_map_fn rtn, void *ctx)
     DBENTRY * const pdbentry = &dbentry;
     long status;
 
-    if (recname && (recname[0] = '\0' || !strcmp(recname, "*")))
+    if (recname && (recname[0] == '\0' || !strcmp(recname, "*")))
         recname = NULL;
 
     dbInitEntry(pdbbase, pdbentry);