diff --git a/generator.c b/generator.c
index 84913007..e24f20fb 100644
--- a/generator.c
+++ b/generator.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ int unchanged_attrs(const char *fname, struct file_struct *file, stat_x *sxp)
 		if (perms_differ(file, sxp))
 			return 0;
 #endif
-#ifndef CAN_CHOWN_SYMLINK
+#ifdef CAN_CHOWN_SYMLINK
 		if (ownership_differs(file, sxp))
 			return 0;
 #endif