diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index fb13469ce2..9adc66a05d 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def extractLogMessageFromGitCommit(commit):
     for log in os.popen("git cat-file commit %s" % commit).readlines():
        if not foundTitle:
            if len(log) == 1:
-               foundTitle = 1
+               foundTitle = True
            continue
 
        logMessage += log