diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ef010a831af..50f9fce99b2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -16460,7 +16460,7 @@ fi
 CPPFLAGS=$ac_save_CPPFLAGS
 
 fi
-if test "x$ac_cv_lib_soname_netapi" != xyes
+if test "x$ac_cv_lib_soname_netapi" = "x"
 then :
   case "x$with_netapi" in
   x)   as_fn_append wine_notices "|libnetapi not found, Samba NetAPI won't be supported." ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e4c9c7edfef..32d3e5c5441 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1930,7 +1930,7 @@ then
     WINE_PACKAGE_FLAGS(NETAPI,[netapi],,,,
       [WINE_CHECK_SONAME(netapi,libnetapi_init,,[AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SONAME_LIBNETAPI,["libnetapi.$LIBEXT"])],[$NETAPI_LIBS])])
 fi
-WINE_NOTICE_WITH(netapi,[test "x$ac_cv_lib_soname_netapi" != xyes],
+WINE_NOTICE_WITH(netapi,[test "x$ac_cv_lib_soname_netapi" = "x"],
                  [libnetapi not found, Samba NetAPI won't be supported.],
                  [enable_netapi])