diff --git a/js/functions.js b/js/functions.js
index ed1d52dca..7bde59630 100755
--- a/js/functions.js
+++ b/js/functions.js
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ function PMA_ajaxInsertResponse(divisions_map) {
 function PMA_ajaxShowMessage(message, timeout) {
     
     //Handle the case when a empty data.message is passed.  We don't want the empty message
-    if(message = '') {
+    if(message == '') {
         return true;
     }