diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index ee97bc1b4..e62d3d867 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -20392,7 +20392,7 @@ void wolfSSL_DES_set_odd_parity(WOLFSSL_DES_cblock* myDes)
 
     for (i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
         unsigned char c = *((unsigned char*)myDes + i);
-        if (((c & 0x01) ^
+        if ((
             ((c >> 1) & 0x01) ^
             ((c >> 2) & 0x01) ^
             ((c >> 3) & 0x01) ^
@@ -20401,7 +20401,7 @@ void wolfSSL_DES_set_odd_parity(WOLFSSL_DES_cblock* myDes)
             ((c >> 6) & 0x01) ^
             ((c >> 7) & 0x01)) != 1) {
             WOLFSSL_MSG("Setting odd parity bit");
-            *((unsigned char*)myDes + i) = *((unsigned char*)myDes + i) | 0x80;
+            *((unsigned char*)myDes + i) = *((unsigned char*)myDes + i) | 0x01;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index c763c6706..b53d719a3 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -13501,13 +13501,14 @@ static void test_wolfSSL_DES(void)
     DES_set_key(&myDes, &key);
 
     /* check, check of odd parity */
-    XMEMSET(myDes, 4, sizeof(const_DES_cblock));  myDes[0] = 3; /*set even parity*/
+    XMEMSET(myDes, 4, sizeof(const_DES_cblock));  myDes[0] = 6; /*set even parity*/
     XMEMSET(key, 5, sizeof(DES_key_schedule));
     AssertIntEQ(DES_set_key_checked(&myDes, &key), -1);
     AssertIntNE(key[0], myDes[0]); /* should not have copied over key */
 
     /* set odd parity for success case */
     DES_set_odd_parity(&myDes);
+    printf("%02x %02x %02x %02x", myDes[0], myDes[1], myDes[2], myDes[3]);
     AssertIntEQ(DES_set_key_checked(&myDes, &key), 0);
     for (i = 0; i < sizeof(DES_key_schedule); i++) {
         AssertIntEQ(key[i], myDes[i]);