diff --git a/utils/genrandconfig b/utils/genrandconfig
index efa73e938d..e43452d5b7 100755
--- a/utils/genrandconfig
+++ b/utils/genrandconfig
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def fixup_config(sysinfo, configfile):
     # libopenssl needs atomic, but propagating this dependency in
     # Buildroot is really too much work, so we handle this here.
     if 'BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL=y\n' in configlines and \
-       not 'BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC=y\n' in configlines:
+       'BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC=y\n' not in configlines:
         return False
     if 'BR2_PACKAGE_SUNXI_BOARDS=y\n' in configlines:
         configlines.remove('BR2_PACKAGE_SUNXI_BOARDS_FEX_FILE=""\n')