diff --git a/testcurl.sh b/testcurl.sh
index d058e526bf..df1799238c 100755
--- a/testcurl.sh
+++ b/testcurl.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if [ -z "$desc" ]; then
   fixed="3"
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$desc" ]; then
+if [ -z "$confopts" ]; then
   echo "please enter your additional arguments to configure"
   echo "examples: --with-ssl --enable-debug --enable-ipv6 --with-krb4"
   read confopts