diff --git a/src/sysfs-utils.c b/src/sysfs-utils.c
index 4784439..b88fa29 100644
--- a/src/sysfs-utils.c
+++ b/src/sysfs-utils.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ sysfs_get_bool (const char *dir, const char *attribute)
 	result = 0;
 	filename = g_build_filename (dir, attribute, NULL);
 	if (g_file_get_contents (filename, &contents, NULL, NULL)) {
-		if (strcmp (contents, "1"))
+		if (strcmp (contents, "1") == 0)
 			result = TRUE;
 		g_free (contents);
 	}