diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/meson/build.sh b/.gitlab-ci/meson/build.sh
index 3aa0a9e5971..479c4becb6d 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/meson/build.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/meson/build.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ case $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE in
 	      # /tmp/ccWlDCPV.s:15250880: Error: operand out of range (0xfffffffffdd4e688 is not between 0xfffffffffe000000 and 0x1fffffc)
 	      LTO=false
       # enable one by one for now
-      elif [ "$CI_JOB_NAME" == "fedora-release" || "$CI_JOB_NAME" == "debian-build-testing" ]; then
+      elif [ "$CI_JOB_NAME" == "fedora-release" ] || [ "$CI_JOB_NAME" == "debian-build-testing" ]; then
 	      LTO=true
       else
 	      LTO=false