diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6ccae79d..662bac22 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ NEWS
   * close connection after redirect in trigger_b4_dl (thx icy)
   * close connection in mod_magnet if returned status code
   * fix bug with IPv6 in mod_evasive (#1579)
+  * fix scgi HTTP/1.* status parsing (#1638), found by met@uberstats.com
 
 - 1.4.19 - 2008-03-10
 
diff --git a/src/mod_scgi.c b/src/mod_scgi.c
index 2122af91..9b2b3256 100644
--- a/src/mod_scgi.c
+++ b/src/mod_scgi.c
@@ -1686,9 +1686,8 @@ static int scgi_response_parse(server *srv, connection *con, plugin_data *p, buf
 
 				status = strtol(s+9, NULL, 10);
 
-				if (con->http_status >= 100 &&
-				    con->http_status < 1000) {
-					/* we expected 3 digits and didn't got them */
+				if (status >= 100 && status < 1000) {
+					/* we expected 3 digits got them */
 					con->parsed_response |= HTTP_STATUS;
 					con->http_status = status;
 				}