diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 4a783b8..0a845cd 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static void conf_ports(const struct ctx *c, char optname, const char *optarg,
 		if (fwd->mode)
 			goto mode_conflict;
 
-		if (c->mode != MODE_PASST)
+		if (c->mode == MODE_PASTA)
 			die("'all' port forwarding is only allowed for passt");
 
 		fwd->mode = FWD_ALL;
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
 			c->no_dhcp_dns = 0;
 			break;
 		case 6:
-			if (c->mode != MODE_PASST)
+			if (c->mode == MODE_PASTA)
 				die("--no-dhcp-dns is for passt mode only");
 
 			c->no_dhcp_dns = 1;
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
 			c->no_dhcp_dns_search = 0;
 			break;
 		case 8:
-			if (c->mode != MODE_PASST)
+			if (c->mode == MODE_PASTA)
 				die("--no-dhcp-search is for passt mode only");
 
 			c->no_dhcp_dns_search = 1;
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
 			break;
 		case 14:
 			fprintf(stdout,
-				c->mode == MODE_PASST ? "passt " : "pasta ");
+				c->mode == MODE_PASTA ? "pasta " : "passt ");
 			fprintf(stdout, VERSION_BLOB);
 			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 		case 15:
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
 			v6_only = true;
 			break;
 		case '1':
-			if (c->mode != MODE_PASST)
+			if (c->mode == MODE_PASTA)
 				die("--one-off is for passt mode only");
 
 			if (c->one_off)
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
 	conf_ugid(runas, &uid, &gid);
 
 	if (logfile) {
-		logfile_init(c->mode == MODE_PASST ? "passt" : "pasta",
+		logfile_init(c->mode == MODE_PASTA ? "pasta" : "passt",
 			     logfile, logsize);
 	}
 
diff --git a/isolation.c b/isolation.c
index f394e93..ca2c68b 100644
--- a/isolation.c
+++ b/isolation.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ int isolate_prefork(const struct ctx *c)
 	 * PID namespace. For passt, use CLONE_NEWPID anyway, in case somebody
 	 * ever gets around seccomp profiles -- there's no harm in passing it.
 	 */
-	if (!c->foreground || c->mode == MODE_PASST)
+	if (!c->foreground || c->mode != MODE_PASTA)
 		flags |= CLONE_NEWPID;
 
 	if (unshare(flags)) {
@@ -379,12 +379,12 @@ void isolate_postfork(const struct ctx *c)
 
 	prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 0);
 
-	if (c->mode == MODE_PASST) {
-		prog.len = (unsigned short)ARRAY_SIZE(filter_passt);
-		prog.filter = filter_passt;
-	} else {
+	if (c->mode == MODE_PASTA) {
 		prog.len = (unsigned short)ARRAY_SIZE(filter_pasta);
 		prog.filter = filter_pasta;
+	} else {
+		prog.len = (unsigned short)ARRAY_SIZE(filter_passt);
+		prog.filter = filter_passt;
 	}
 
 	if (prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0) ||
diff --git a/passt.c b/passt.c
index 1b43904..f3e9dae 100644
--- a/passt.c
+++ b/passt.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ loop:
 		uint32_t eventmask = events[i].events;
 
 		trace("%s: epoll event on %s %i (events: 0x%08x)",
-		      c.mode == MODE_PASST ? "passt" : "pasta",
+		      c.mode == MODE_PASTA ? "pasta" : "passt",
 		      EPOLL_TYPE_STR(ref.type), ref.fd, eventmask);
 
 		switch (ref.type) {
diff --git a/tap.c b/tap.c
index b40aded..65445cb 100644
--- a/tap.c
+++ b/tap.c
@@ -465,10 +465,10 @@ size_t tap_send_frames(const struct ctx *c, const struct iovec *iov, size_t n)
 	if (!n)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (c->mode == MODE_PASST)
-		m = tap_send_frames_passt(c, iov, n);
-	else
+	if (c->mode == MODE_PASTA)
 		m = tap_send_frames_pasta(c, iov, n);
+	else
+		m = tap_send_frames_passt(c, iov, n);
 
 	if (m < n)
 		debug("tap: failed to send %zu frames of %zu", n - m, n);
@@ -1399,10 +1399,10 @@ void tap_sock_init(struct ctx *c)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (c->mode == MODE_PASST) {
+	if (c->mode == MODE_PASTA) {
+		tap_sock_tun_init(c);
+	} else {
 		if (c->fd_tap_listen == -1)
 			tap_sock_unix_init(c);
-	} else {
-		tap_sock_tun_init(c);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tcp_buf.c b/tcp_buf.c
index 37bf4b1..d095c70 100644
--- a/tcp_buf.c
+++ b/tcp_buf.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 #define TCP_FRAMES_MEM			128
 #define TCP_FRAMES							\
-	(c->mode == MODE_PASST ? TCP_FRAMES_MEM : 1)
+	(c->mode == MODE_PASTA ? 1 : TCP_FRAMES_MEM)
 
 /**
  * tcp_buf_seq_update - Sequences to update with length of frames once sent
diff --git a/udp.c b/udp.c
index a215120..de5313d 100644
--- a/udp.c
+++ b/udp.c
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ void udp_buf_sock_handler(const struct ctx *c, union epoll_ref ref, uint32_t eve
 	 * whether we'll use tap or splice, always go one at a time
 	 * for pasta mode.
 	 */
-	ssize_t n = (c->mode == MODE_PASST ? UDP_MAX_FRAMES : 1);
+	ssize_t n = (c->mode == MODE_PASTA ? 1 : UDP_MAX_FRAMES);
 	in_port_t dstport = ref.udp.port;
 	bool v6 = ref.udp.v6;
 	struct mmsghdr *mmh_recv;