diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-commit.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-commit.c
index 533cf03a..c95e0b61 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-commit.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-commit.c
@@ -4269,7 +4269,7 @@ import_one_object_direct (OstreeRepo    *dest_repo,
         G_IN_SET (src_repo->mode, OSTREE_REPO_MODE_BARE, OSTREE_REPO_MODE_BARE_USER);
       if (src_is_bare_or_bare_user && !OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_IS_META(objtype))
         {
-          if (src_repo == OSTREE_REPO_MODE_BARE)
+          if (src_repo->mode == OSTREE_REPO_MODE_BARE)
             {
               g_autoptr(GVariant) xattrs = NULL;
               if (!glnx_fd_get_all_xattrs (src_fd, &xattrs,