diff --git a/src/nm-checkpoint-manager.c b/src/nm-checkpoint-manager.c
index 8ba19db9f1..7e8c8aea9f 100644
--- a/src/nm-checkpoint-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-checkpoint-manager.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ nm_checkpoint_manager_destroy (NMCheckpointManager *self,
 	g_return_val_if_fail (path && path[0] == '/', FALSE);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (!error || !*error, FALSE);
 
-	if (!nm_streq (path, "/")) {
+	if (nm_streq (path, "/")) {
 		nm_checkpoint_manager_destroy_all (self);
 		return TRUE;
 	}