Abstract: To improve a method for controlling the valve characteristic in electrohydraulic power-assisted steering systems of motor vehicles so as to prevent any impairment of the steering precision, the invention proposes to control the speed of the electric motor as a function of the current consumption such that the actual current consumption and the actual speed of the electric motor are continuously measured up to a maximum speed and compared with values for the setpoint speed at the respective value of the current consumption stored in a memory and in case of deviation a correction to the setpoint speed is effected.