diff --git a/src/virt-viewer.c b/src/virt-viewer.c
index a0d530e..aedbf73 100644
--- a/src/virt-viewer.c
+++ b/src/virt-viewer.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ virt_viewer_extract_connect_info(VirtViewer *self,
      */
     if (virt_viewer_replace_host(ghost)) {
         gchar *replacement_host = NULL;
-        if (g_str_equal(transport, "ssh")) {
+        if (g_strcmp0(transport, "ssh") == 0) {
             replacement_host = g_strdup("localhost");
         } else {
             replacement_host = g_strdup(host);