--- libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.c
+++ libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.c
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@
 
 	if (have_status_message)
 	{
-		if ((status_id == OSCAR_STATUS_ID_AVAILABLE) && (info->itmsurl != NULL))
+		if (!strcmp(status_id,OSCAR_STATUS_ID_AVAILABLE) && (info->itmsurl != NULL))
 		{
 			char *itmsurl;
 			itmsurl = oscar_encoding_to_utf8(info->itmsurl_encoding,