diff --git a/contrib/cvs/src/server.c b/contrib/cvs/src/server.c
index 7bb296ba17796e..d3aaaf8b3bce3a 100644
--- a/contrib/cvs/src/server.c
+++ b/contrib/cvs/src/server.c
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ serve_unchanged (arg)
 	    && strncmp (arg, name, cp - name) == 0)
 	{
 	    timefield = strchr (cp + 1, '/') + 1;
-	    if (*timefield != '=')
+	    if (*timefield == '/')
 	    {
 		cp = timefield + strlen (timefield);
 		cp[1] = '\0';
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ serve_is_modified (arg)
 	    && strncmp (arg, name, cp - name) == 0)
 	{
 	    timefield = strchr (cp + 1, '/') + 1;
-	    if (!(timefield[0] == 'M' && timefield[1] == '/'))
+	    if (*timefield == '/')
 	    {
 		cp = timefield + strlen (timefield);
 		cp[1] = '\0';