diff --git a/gpsd_client/src/client.cpp b/gpsd_client/src/client.cpp
index 1642ae3..0c8ff2c 100644
--- a/gpsd_client/src/client.cpp
+++ b/gpsd_client/src/client.cpp
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ class GPSDClient {
       }
 
 #if GPSD_API_MAJOR_VERSION >= 12
-      if ((p->fix.status & STATUS_GPS) && !(check_fix_by_variance && std::isnan(p->fix.epx))) {
+      if ((p->fix.status != STATUS_NO_FIX) && !(check_fix_by_variance && std::isnan(p->fix.epx))) {
 #elif GPSD_API_MAJOR_VERSION >= 10
-      if ((p->fix.status & STATUS_FIX) && !(check_fix_by_variance && std::isnan(p->fix.epx))) {
+      if ((p->fix.status != STATUS_NO_FIX) && !(check_fix_by_variance && std::isnan(p->fix.epx))) {
 #else
-      if ((p->status & STATUS_FIX) && !(check_fix_by_variance && std::isnan(p->fix.epx))) {
+      if ((p->status != STATUS_NO_FIX) && !(check_fix_by_variance && std::isnan(p->fix.epx))) {
 #endif
 
         status.status = 0; // FIXME: gpsmm puts its constants in the global