PVS-Studio warning V559 for Scilab

int set_view_property(....)
{
  BOOL status = FALSE;
  ....
  status = setGraphicObjectProperty(
    pobjUID, __GO_VIEW__, &viewType, jni_int, 1);

  if (status = TRUE)
  {
    return SET_PROPERTY_SUCCEED;
  }
  else
  {
    Scierror(999, _("'%s' property does not exist ")
      _("for this handle.\n"), "view");
    return  SET_PROPERTY_ERROR ;
  }
  ....
}

This suspicious code was found in Scilab project by PVS-Studio static code analyzer.
Warning message is:
V559 Suspicious assignment inside the condition expression of 'if' operator: status = 1. set_view_property.c 61

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