diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/dwarf/external/LocalDirDebugInfoDProvider.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/dwarf/external/LocalDirDebugInfoDProvider.java
index 1f2b457ddd..cc84c104bb 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/dwarf/external/LocalDirDebugInfoDProvider.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/dwarf/external/LocalDirDebugInfoDProvider.java
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public class LocalDirDebugInfoDProvider implements DebugFileStorage {
 
 	private File getBuildidDir(String buildId) throws IOException {
 		File dir = new File(rootDir, buildId);
-		if (rootDir.equals(dir.getParentFile())) {
+		if (!rootDir.equals(dir.getParentFile())) {
 			throw new IOException("Bad buildid value: " + buildId);
 		}
 		return dir;