--- include/sendmail.c
+++ include/sendmail.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
       /* select timeout */
         nb_timeout++;
         logmsg(LOG_ERR, "sendmail() : select() timeout (%d time(s))", nb_timeout);
-        if (g_max_timeout_number >= nb_timeout) {
+        if (g_max_timeout_number <= nb_timeout) {
           logmsg(LOG_ERR, "sendmail() : max number of select() timeout reached (%d time(s) max)",
                  g_max_timeout_number);
           break;