diff --git a/src/insets/ExternalTransforms.cpp b/src/insets/ExternalTransforms.cpp
index 7ac41ab02d..e7c8cf66c3 100644
--- a/src/insets/ExternalTransforms.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/ExternalTransforms.cpp
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ void extractIt(boost::any const & any_factory,
 		return;
 
 	Factory factory = boost::any_cast<Factory>(any_factory);
-	if (!factory)
+	if (factory)
 		transformer = factory(data);
 }