diff --git a/src/daemon/cmdline.c b/src/daemon/cmdline.c
index ecb384866..3ebc92702 100644
--- a/src/daemon/cmdline.c
+++ b/src/daemon/cmdline.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ int pa_cmdline_parse(pa_daemon_conf *conf, int argc, char *const argv [], int *d
     pa_xfree(conf->script_commands);
     conf->script_commands = pa_strbuf_tostring_free(buf);
 
-    if (!conf->script_commands) {
+    if (conf->script_commands) {
         pa_xfree(conf->script_commands);
         conf->script_commands = NULL;
     }