}
 
        /* Determine what recovery state to move the import to. */
-       if (MSG_CONNECT_RECONNECT & msg_flags) {
+       if (msg_flags & MSG_CONNECT_RECONNECT) {
                memset(&old_hdl, 0, sizeof(old_hdl));
                if (!memcmp(&old_hdl, lustre_msg_get_handle(request->rq_repmsg),
                            sizeof(old_hdl))) {
                         * eviction. If it is in recovery - we are safe to
                         * participate since we can reestablish all of our state
                         * with server again */
-                       if ((MSG_CONNECT_RECOVERING & msg_flags)) {
+                       if ((msg_flags & MSG_CONNECT_RECOVERING)) {
                                CDEBUG(level, "%s@%s changed server handle from %#llx to %#llx but is still in recovery\n",
                                       obd2cli_tgt(imp->imp_obd),
                                       imp->imp_connection->c_remote_uuid.uuid,
                        imp->imp_remote_handle =
                                     *lustre_msg_get_handle(request->rq_repmsg);
 
-                       if (!(MSG_CONNECT_RECOVERING & msg_flags)) {
+                       if (!(msg_flags & MSG_CONNECT_RECOVERING)) {
                                IMPORT_SET_STATE(imp, LUSTRE_IMP_EVICTED);
                                rc = 0;
                                goto finish;
                        CDEBUG(D_HA, "%s: reconnected but import is invalid; marking evicted\n",
                               imp->imp_obd->obd_name);
                        IMPORT_SET_STATE(imp, LUSTRE_IMP_EVICTED);
-               } else if (MSG_CONNECT_RECOVERING & msg_flags) {
+               } else if (msg_flags & MSG_CONNECT_RECOVERING) {
                        CDEBUG(D_HA, "%s: reconnected to %s during replay\n",
                               imp->imp_obd->obd_name,
                               obd2cli_tgt(imp->imp_obd));
                } else {
                        IMPORT_SET_STATE(imp, LUSTRE_IMP_RECOVER);
                }
-       } else if ((MSG_CONNECT_RECOVERING & msg_flags) && !imp->imp_invalid) {
+       } else if ((msg_flags & MSG_CONNECT_RECOVERING) && !imp->imp_invalid) {
                LASSERT(imp->imp_replayable);
                imp->imp_remote_handle =
                                *lustre_msg_get_handle(request->rq_repmsg);