diff --git a/obexd/client/transfer.c b/obexd/client/transfer.c
index a7d0089..d8ecb60 100644
--- a/obexd/client/transfer.c
+++ b/obexd/client/transfer.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ struct obc_transfer *obc_transfer_get(const char *type, const char *name,
 	transfer = obc_transfer_create(G_OBEX_OP_GET, filename, name, type);
 
 	perr = transfer_open(transfer, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0600, err);
-	if (perr < 0) {
+	if (!perr) {
 		obc_transfer_free(transfer);
 		return NULL;
 	}