diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1bb1f105..98873aae 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,3 +3,11 @@
 	Submitted by Milan Kupcevic:
 	patch #9735: spelling error fix: psuedo -> pseudo
 	* avrpart.c (avr_display): Spelling fix
+
+2019-01-05  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	Submitted by Martino Facchin:
+	patch #9728: Fix UsbTiny programmer
+	* usbtiny.c (usbtiny_initialize): Only consider
+	pgm->program_enable successful if returning 0
+
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a17af126..4781e31f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ Current:
     patch #8128: Added new option to configure.ac script
     patch #8444: Proposal for modifications in -B and -U command options managment (partially)
     patch #9735: spelling error fix: psuedo -> pseudo
+    patch #9728: Fix UsbTiny programmer
 
   * Internals:
     - New avrdude.conf keyword "family_id", used to verify SIB attributes
diff --git a/usbtiny.c b/usbtiny.c
index 4d6da196..f28dd473 100644
--- a/usbtiny.c
+++ b/usbtiny.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static int usbtiny_initialize (PROGRAMMER *pgm, AVRPART *p )
   }
 
   for (tries = 0; tries < 4; ++tries) {
-    if (pgm->program_enable(pgm, p) >= 0)
+    if (pgm->program_enable(pgm, p) == 0)
       break;
     // no response, RESET and try again
     if (usb_control(pgm, USBTINY_POWERUP,