diff --git a/dlls/winhttp/request.c b/dlls/winhttp/request.c
index a3c22074ff8..c46ce21d940 100644
--- a/dlls/winhttp/request.c
+++ b/dlls/winhttp/request.c
@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI winhttp_request_Open(
     path[uc.dwUrlPathLength + uc.dwExtraInfoLength] = 0;
 
     if (!(verb = strdupW( method ))) goto error;
-    if (V_BOOL( &async ) == VARIANT_TRUE) flags |= WINHTTP_FLAG_ASYNC;
+    if (V_BOOL( &async )) flags |= WINHTTP_FLAG_ASYNC;
     if (!(hsession = WinHttpOpen( user_agentW, WINHTTP_ACCESS_TYPE_DEFAULT_PROXY, NULL, NULL, flags )))
     {
         err = get_last_error();