diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
index 56a3e79..a52aaeb 100644
--- a/scp.c
+++ b/scp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.155 2006/08/03 03:34:42 deraadt Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.156 2007/01/22 13:06:21 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * scp - secure remote copy.  This is basically patched BSD rcp which
  * uses ssh to do the data transfer (instead of using rcmd).
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
 	if ((pwd = getpwuid(userid = getuid())) == NULL)
 		fatal("unknown user %u", (u_int) userid);
 
-	if (!isatty(STDERR_FILENO))
+	if (!isatty(STDOUT_FILENO))
 		showprogress = 0;
 
 	remin = STDIN_FILENO;