diff --git a/sbin/route/route.c b/sbin/route/route.c
index d250fcc2eb2e..3a87f5135efa 100644
--- a/sbin/route/route.c
+++ b/sbin/route/route.c
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ getaddr(which, s, hpp)
 	switch (afamily) {
 #ifdef INET6
 	case AF_INET6:
-		if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, s, (void *)&su->sin6.sin6_addr) == -1) {
+		if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, s, (void *)&su->sin6.sin6_addr) != 1) {
 			(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: bad value\n", s);
 			exit(1);
 		}