diff --git a/db/check.c b/db/check.c
index 964756d..fdf1f6a 100644
--- a/db/check.c
+++ b/db/check.c
@@ -3452,7 +3452,7 @@
 				 id->ino, dabno, stale,
 				 be16_to_cpu(leaf3->hdr.stale));
 		error++;
-	} else if (!leaf && stale != be16_to_cpu(leaf->hdr.stale)) {
+	} else if (!leaf3 && stale != be16_to_cpu(leaf->hdr.stale)) {
 		if (!sflag || v)
 			dbprintf(_("dir %lld block %d stale mismatch "
 				 "%d/%d\n"),