diff --git a/src/generator.c b/src/generator.c
index 9ed5132a..5eb71418 100644
--- a/src/generator.c
+++ b/src/generator.c
@@ -2888,7 +2888,7 @@ static proxy_instance_t *__add_proxy(ckpool_t *ckp, gdata_t *gdata, const int id
 	proxy->id = id;
 	proxy->url = strdup(ckp->proxyurl[id]);
 	proxy->auth = strdup(ckp->proxyauth[id]);
-	if (proxy->pass)
+	if (ckp->proxypass[id])
 		proxy->pass = strdup(ckp->proxypass[id]);
 	else
 		proxy->pass = strdup("");