diff --git a/networking/telnet.c b/networking/telnet.c
index d9f0e94bc..314363188 100644
--- a/networking/telnet.c
+++ b/networking/telnet.c
@@ -645,8 +645,7 @@ extern int telnet_main(int argc, char** argv)
 		bb_show_usage();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNET_AUTOLOGIN
-	unsigned long flags = bb_getopt_ulflags(argc, argv, "al:", &autologin);
-	if (flags & 1)
+	if (1 & bb_getopt_ulflags(argc, argv, "al:", &autologin))
 		autologin = getenv("USER");
 	
 	if (optind < argc) {