diff --git a/src/util/disk_cache_os.c b/src/util/disk_cache_os.c
index d9a75cd7fc6..226cc8a65ec 100644
--- a/src/util/disk_cache_os.c
+++ b/src/util/disk_cache_os.c
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ disk_cache_touch_cache_user_marker(char *path)
       if (fd != -1) {
          close(fd);
       }
-   } else if (now - attr.st_mtime < 60 * 60 * 24 /* One day */) {
+   } else if (now - attr.st_mtime > 60 * 60 * 24 /* One day */) {
       (void)utime(marker_path, NULL);
    }
    free(marker_path);