diff --git a/html/pages/device/edit/ports.inc.php b/html/pages/device/edit/ports.inc.php
index eaee225a5..cafc9a5f7 100644
--- a/html/pages/device/edit/ports.inc.php
+++ b/html/pages/device/edit/ports.inc.php
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ while ($port = mysql_fetch_array($query))
   # Mark interfaces which are OperDown (but not AdminDown) yet not ignored or disabled, or up yet ignored or disabled
   # - as to draw the attention to a possible problem.
   $isportbad = ($port['ifOperStatus'] == 'down' && $port['ifAdminStatus'] != 'down') ? 1 : 0;
-  $dowecare  = ($port['ignore'] == 0 && $port['disabled'] == 0) ? 1 : 0;
-  $outofsync = ($isportbad && $dowecare) ? "class=red" : "";
+  $dowecare  = ($port['ignore'] == 0 && $port['disabled'] == 0) ? $isportbad : !$isportbad;
+  $outofsync = $dowecare ? "class=red" : "";
 
   echo("<td align=right><span ".$outofsync.">". $port['ifOperStatus']."</span></td>");