diff --git a/win32/build/phpize.bat b/win32/build/phpize.bat
index 57467d34231d0..a591d3f476443 100644
--- a/win32/build/phpize.bat
+++ b/win32/build/phpize.bat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @echo off
 SET PHP_BUILDCONF_PATH=%~dp0
 cscript /nologo /e:jscript %PHP_BUILDCONF_PATH%\script\phpize.js %*
-IF ERRORLEVEL 0 exit /b 3
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 exit /b 3
 IF NOT EXIST configure.bat (
 	echo Error generating configure script, configure script was not copied
 	exit /b 3