diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 30ff6fd..c9a2c89 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ get_distro_lsb_data()
 		/^DISTRIB_ID/ {
 			gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $NF)
 			# this is needed because grep for "arch" is too loose to be safe
-			if ( $NF = "arch" ) {
+			if ( $NF == "arch" ) {
 				distroId = "Arch Linux"
 			}
 			else if ( $NF != "n/a" ) {