diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 349b81da636dc037231e1e440ce1c409daaa87fe..a31e0f879bbb81bbdf21a80a4d2bdd1eaf3e195e 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_proxyCONNECT(struct connectdata *conn,
             else
               for(i = 0; i < gotbytes; ptr++, i++) {
                 perline++; /* amount of bytes in this line so far */
-                if(*ptr=='\x0a') {
+                if(*ptr == 0x0a) {
                   char letter;
                   int writetype;