diff --git a/bridge/mumble/mumble.go b/bridge/mumble/mumble.go
index 945cf559..2d234e81 100644
--- a/bridge/mumble/mumble.go
+++ b/bridge/mumble/mumble.go
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func (b *Bmumble) processMessage(msg *config.Message) {
 
 	// If there is a maximum message length, split and truncate the lines
 	var msgLines []string
-	if maxLength := b.serverConfig.MaximumMessageLength; maxLength != nil {
+	if maxLength := b.serverConfig.MaximumMessageLength; *maxLength != 0 {
 		msgLines = helper.GetSubLines(msg.Text, *maxLength-len(msg.Username), b.GetString("MessageClipped"))
 	} else {
 		msgLines = helper.GetSubLines(msg.Text, 0, b.GetString("MessageClipped"))