diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/export-batch.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/export-batch.cpp
index fec5188d07cebe16b0686e8617e90a4c42fb4e61..bfa7732423c539cee2b1efaefb16d2945c19cf16 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/export-batch.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/export-batch.cpp
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ void BatchExport::onExport()
 
     if (!Inkscape::IO::file_test(path.c_str(), (GFileTest)(G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR))) {
         auto const window = _desktop->getInkscapeWindow();
-        if (!Inkscape::IO::file_test(path.c_str(), (GFileTest)(G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))) {
+        if (Inkscape::IO::file_test(path.c_str(), (GFileTest)(G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))) {
             auto dialog = Gtk::MessageDialog(*window, _("Can not save to a directory that is actually a file."), true, Gtk::MessageType::ERROR, Gtk::ButtonsType::OK);
             UI::dialog_run(dialog);
             return;