diff --git a/libgnucash/backend/xml/gnc-xml-backend.cpp b/libgnucash/backend/xml/gnc-xml-backend.cpp
index 28e9939ec5..8f7b01070a 100644
--- a/libgnucash/backend/xml/gnc-xml-backend.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/backend/xml/gnc-xml-backend.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ GncXmlBackend::session_begin(QofSession* session, const char* new_uri,
     }
 
     if (!check_path(m_fullpath.c_str(),
-                    SESSION_NEW_STORE || mode == SESSION_NEW_OVERWRITE))
+                    mode == SESSION_NEW_STORE || mode == SESSION_NEW_OVERWRITE))
         return;
     m_dirname = g_path_get_dirname (m_fullpath.c_str());