diff --git a/dlls/wininet/http.c b/dlls/wininet/http.c
index d77e528ae72..f28f7c5fd6e 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/http.c
+++ b/dlls/wininet/http.c
@@ -5091,7 +5091,8 @@ static DWORD HTTP_HttpSendRequestW(http_request_t *request, LPCWSTR lpszHeaders,
                                                  request->session->password, host))
                         {
                             heap_free(requestString);
-                            if(!drain_content(request, TRUE) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+                            if (drain_content(request, TRUE) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+                            {
                                 FIXME("Could not drain content\n");
                                 http_release_netconn(request, FALSE);
                             }
@@ -5119,7 +5120,8 @@ static DWORD HTTP_HttpSendRequestW(http_request_t *request, LPCWSTR lpszHeaders,
                                                  NULL))
                         {
                             heap_free(requestString);
-                            if(!drain_content(request, TRUE) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+                            if (drain_content(request, TRUE) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+                            {
                                 FIXME("Could not drain content\n");
                                 http_release_netconn(request, FALSE);
                             }