diff --git a/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cachemaker.py b/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cachemaker.py
index a625b014d38..47749e5ae74 100644
--- a/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cachemaker.py
+++ b/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cachemaker.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def monkeycache(apis):
     cache['asyncapis'] = []
 
     apilist = getvalue(apis[responsekey], 'api')
-    if apilist == None:
+    if apilist is None:
         print "[monkeycache] Server response issue, no apis found"
 
     for api in apilist: