diff --git a/easyrsa3/easyrsa b/easyrsa3/easyrsa
index 8c6c61c..e68e337 100755
--- a/easyrsa3/easyrsa
+++ b/easyrsa3/easyrsa
@@ -446,9 +446,9 @@ Your newly created PKI dir is: $EASYRSA_PKI
 
 hide_read_pass()
 {
-	(set +o echo 2>/dev/null) && set +o echo || stty -echo
+	(set +o echo 2>/dev/null) || stty -echo
 	read -r "$@"
-	(set -o echo 2>/dev/null) && set -o echo || stty echo
+	(set -o echo 2>/dev/null) || stty echo
 } # => hide_read_pass()
 
 # build-ca backend: