diff --git a/f_check b/f_check
index 0d98ec21f..d85bf660b 100755
--- a/f_check
+++ b/f_check
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ else
                     case "$compiler" in
                         *flang*)
                             vendor=FLANG
-			    if [`basename "$compiler"` = "flang-new" ]; then
+			    if [ `basename "$compiler"` = "flang-new" ]; then
 			        vendor=LLVMFLANG
 			    fi
                             openmp='-fopenmp'
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ else
                 ;;
             *flang*)
                 vendor=FLANG
-		if [`basename "$compiler"` = "flang-new" ]; then
+		if [ `basename "$compiler"` = "flang-new" ]; then
 		    vendor=LLVMFLANG
 		fi
                 bu=_