diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-owner.c b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-owner.c
index 091f42a052..7f93770e23 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-owner.c
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-owner.c
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ gppot_filter_show_inactive_toggled_cb (GtkToggleButton *button,
     g_return_if_fail(GTK_IS_TOGGLE_BUTTON(button));
 
     ENTER("button %p", button);
-    fd->show_inactive = gtk_toggle_button_get_active(button);
+    fd->show_inactive = !gtk_toggle_button_get_active(button);
     gnc_tree_view_owner_refilter(fd->tree_view);
     LEAVE("show_inactive %d", fd->show_inactive);
 }
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ owner_filter_dialog_create(OwnerFilterDialog *fd, GncPluginPage *page)
     /* Update the dialog widgets for the current state */
     button = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_builder_get_object (builder, "show_inactive"));
     gtk_toggle_button_set_active (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(button),
-                                  fd->show_inactive);
+                                  !fd->show_inactive);
     button = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_builder_get_object (builder, "show_zero"));
     gtk_toggle_button_set_active (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(button),
                                   fd->show_zero_total);