diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 37cd895bc..263951305 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
    - dtucker@cvs.openbsd.org 2011/09/30 00:47:37
      [sshd.c]
      don't attempt privsep cleanup when not using privsep; ok markus@
+   - djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2011/09/30 21:22:49
+     [sshd.c]
+     fix inverted test that caused logspam; spotted by henning@
 
 20110929
  - (djm) [configure.ac defines.h] No need to detect sizeof(char); patch
diff --git a/sshd.c b/sshd.c
index 21cdfa507..c8d71f8fe 100644
--- a/sshd.c
+++ b/sshd.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: sshd.c,v 1.387 2011/09/30 00:47:37 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: sshd.c,v 1.388 2011/09/30 21:22:49 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -2369,7 +2369,7 @@ cleanup_exit(int i)
 		if (use_privsep && privsep_is_preauth && pmonitor->m_pid > 1) {
 			debug("Killing privsep child %d", pmonitor->m_pid);
 			if (kill(pmonitor->m_pid, SIGKILL) != 0 &&
-			    errno == ESRCH)
+			    errno != ESRCH)
 				error("%s: kill(%d): %s", __func__,
 				    pmonitor->m_pid, strerror(errno));
 		}