diff --git a/bin/merge b/bin/merge
index 4e7067e1b65e95840a19b61c24fcc6f06a65b2a6..81be2d29ab49ba962ad50d7a952eb814e7ccdf8b 100755
--- a/bin/merge
+++ b/bin/merge
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ rm /tmp/glab.log || true
 glab mr create --fill --yes --source-branch ${SOURCEBRANCH} --target-branch ${TARGETBRANCH} --title "$TITLE" > /tmp/glab.log
 EC=0
 grep "Failed to create merge request." /tmp/glab.log || EC=$?
-if [[ $EC -neq 0 ]]; then glab mr create --recover; fi
+if [[ $EC -ne 0 ]]; then glab mr create --recover; fi
 sleep 5
 glab mr merge --yes ${SOURCEBRANCH}