diff --git a/jtag/ChangeLog b/jtag/ChangeLog
index 5ea8f79d..e893f136 100644
--- a/jtag/ChangeLog
+++ b/jtag/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-05-02  Arnim Laeuger  <arniml@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+   * src/tap/cable/generic_usbconn.c (generic_usbconn_connect):
+     fix user_specified.driver comparison
+
 2008-05-01  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
 
    * configure.ac: Check for libusb before libftdi since the latter needs
diff --git a/jtag/src/tap/cable/generic_usbconn.c b/jtag/src/tap/cable/generic_usbconn.c
index dd2aab91..4e62dbe2 100644
--- a/jtag/src/tap/cable/generic_usbconn.c
+++ b/jtag/src/tap/cable/generic_usbconn.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ generic_usbconn_connect( char *params[], cable_t *cable )
 	for (i = 0; usbconn_drivers[i] && !conn; i++)
 	{
 		if ((user_specified.driver == NULL)
-			|| (strcasecmp(user_specified.name, usbconn_drivers[i]->type) == 0))
+			|| (strcasecmp(user_specified.driver, usbconn_drivers[i]->type) == 0))
 		{
 			int j;