diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 6e170d3efdb476ebcd1e6085d4a8d2c419f5804c..3f479ed220554580d27bc0edc60d3e7a4d628424 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_setopt(struct SessionHandle *data, CURLoption option,
      * Verbose means infof() calls that give a lot of information about
      * the connection and transfer procedures as well as internal choices.
      */
-    data->set.verbose = = (bool)(0 != va_arg(param, long));
+    data->set.verbose = (bool)(0 != va_arg(param, long));
     break;
   case CURLOPT_HEADER:
     /*