diff --git a/src/tools/rest_bench.cc b/src/tools/rest_bench.cc
index 9ba868ea921..159f91cbd56 100644
--- a/src/tools/rest_bench.cc
+++ b/src/tools/rest_bench.cc
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
     } else if (ceph_argparse_witharg(args, i, &proto_str, "--protocol", (char*)NULL)) {
       if (strcasecmp(proto_str.c_str(), "http") == 0) {
         protocol = S3ProtocolHTTP;
-      } else if (strcasecmp(proto_str.c_str(), "http") == 0) {
+      } else if (strcasecmp(proto_str.c_str(), "https") == 0) {
         protocol = S3ProtocolHTTPS;
       } else {
         cerr << "bad protocol" << std::endl;