diff --git a/releng.control/promote.sh b/releng.control/promote.sh
index bf42b041a1476a96a506a4dfedcd0189b1c49726..bce20d30277dfe33edd85b173205dff4df4da046 100755
--- a/releng.control/promote.sh
+++ b/releng.control/promote.sh
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ then
 	     nTrys=$(($nTrys + 1))
 	     if [ $verboseFlag ] ; then
              echo "rsync failed with $exitCode. Retrying $nTrys times."
-		     if [ $nTrys > $maxTrys ] ; then
+		     if [ $nTrys -gt $maxTrys ] ; then
 		     	 echo "Number of re-trys exceeded. rsync exit code: $exitCode"
 		     	 exit $exitCode
 		     fi