diff --git a/rtengine/dfmanager.cc b/rtengine/dfmanager.cc
index 6961a4b54..7dde668eb 100644
--- a/rtengine/dfmanager.cc
+++ b/rtengine/dfmanager.cc
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ dfInfo* DFManager::addFileInfo (const Glib::ustring& filename, bool pool)
 
         auto info = file->query_info("standard::name,standard::type,standard::is-hidden");
 
-        if (!info && info->get_file_type() == Gio::FILE_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
+        if (!info || info->get_file_type() == Gio::FILE_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
             return nullptr;
         }