diff --git a/plugins/bcli.c b/plugins/bcli.c
index 9c9bc5951..140f8ee22 100644
--- a/plugins/bcli.c
+++ b/plugins/bcli.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static struct command_result *process_sendrawtransaction(struct bitcoin_cli *bcl
 	struct json_stream *response;
 
 	/* This is useful for functional tests. */
-	if (*bcli->exitstatus == 0)
+	if (bcli->exitstatus)
 		plugin_log(bcli->cmd->plugin, LOG_DBG, "sendrawtx exit %i (%s)",
 			   *bcli->exitstatus, bcli_args(bcli));