diff --git a/tools/iwla_convert.pl b/tools/iwla_convert.pl
index 5141818..9dbd86a 100755
--- a/tools/iwla_convert.pl
+++ b/tools/iwla_convert.pl
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ sub dumpHash {
     while( my ($k,$v) = each(%hash) ) {
 	$k =~ s/\'/\\\'/g;
 	$v =~ s/\'/\\\'/g;
-	next if ($k == "" || $v == "");
+	next if ($k eq "" || $v eq "");
 	if ($first == 0)
 	{
 	    print $FIC ", ";