diff --git a/ddclient b/ddclient
index 5ece074..f68231f 100755
--- a/ddclient
+++ b/ddclient
@@ -2474,8 +2474,7 @@ sub nic_updateable {
         );
         $update = 1;
 
-    } elsif ((!exists($cache{$host}{'ip'})) ||
-             ("$cache{$host}{'ip'}" ne "$ip")) {
+    } elsif (!exists($cache{$host}{'ip'}) || $cache{$host}{'ip'} ne $ip) {
         if (($cache{$host}{'status'} eq 'good') &&
             !interval_expired($host, 'mtime', 'min-interval')) {