diff --git a/common/flatpak-run.c b/common/flatpak-run.c
index 6abff174b..a3afc7070 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-run.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-run.c
@@ -2692,7 +2692,7 @@ flatpak_run_add_environment_args (GPtrArray      *argv_array,
           xdg_path = get_xdg_dir_from_string (filesystem, &rest, &where);
 
           if (xdg_path != NULL && *rest != 0 &&
-              mode > FLATPAK_FILESYSTEM_MODE_READ_WRITE)
+              mode >= FLATPAK_FILESYSTEM_MODE_READ_WRITE)
             {
               g_autoptr(GFile) app_version = g_file_get_child (app_id_dir, where);
               g_autoptr(GFile) app_version_subdir = g_file_resolve_relative_path (app_version, rest);