1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/networking/telnet.c b/networking/telnet.c
index e1c259579..1f8a44466 100644
--- a/networking/telnet.c
+++ b/networking/telnet.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 //config:       Setting this option will forward the USER environment variable to the
 //config:       remote host you are connecting to. This is useful when you need to
 //config:       log into a machine without telling the username (autologin). This
-//config:       option enables '-a' and '-l USER' arguments.
+//config:       option enables '-a' and '-l USER' options.
 //config:
 //config:config FEATURE_TELNET_WIDTH
 //config:       bool "Enable window size autodetection"
@@ -643,8 +643,10 @@ int telnet_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         }
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_TELNET_AUTOLOGIN
-        if (1 & getopt32(argv, "al:", &G.autologin))
+        if (1 == getopt32(argv, "al:", &G.autologin)) {
+                /* Only -a without -l USER picks $USER from envvar */
                 G.autologin = getenv("USER");
+        }
         argv += optind;
 #else
         argv++;