diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 92b0cf447f..d349d52f26 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -2222,7 +2222,7 @@ void git_config_set_multivar_in_file(const char *config_filename,
 				     const char *value_regex, int multi_replace)
 {
 	if (git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently(config_filename, key, value,
-						   value_regex, multi_replace) < 0)
+						   value_regex, multi_replace))
 		die(_("could not set '%s' to '%s'"), key, value);
 }