diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index 2c87cf57fd..74f7e79241 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ static int match_fragment(struct image *img,
 		fixlen = ws_fix_copy(buf, orig, oldlen, ws_rule, NULL);
 
 		/* Try fixing the line in the target */
-		if (sizeof(tgtfixbuf) < tgtlen)
+		if (sizeof(tgtfixbuf) > tgtlen)
 			tgtfix = tgtfixbuf;
 		else
 			tgtfix = xmalloc(tgtlen);