diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 29518303..1c69a313 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ HISTORY
 
  ++ Bugfixes:
 
+   2011-05-25: Simon Goldschmidt
+  * tcp.c: fixed bug #33398 (pointless conversion when checking TCP port range)
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/core/tcp.c b/src/core/tcp.c
index c629bc4e..55902600 100644
--- a/src/core/tcp.c
+++ b/src/core/tcp.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ tcp_new_port(void)
   static u16_t port = TCP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE_START;
   
  again:
-  if (port++ >= TCP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE_END) {
+  if (port++ == TCP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE_END) {
     port = TCP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE_START;
   }
   /* Check all PCB lists. */