diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 471fe309..0bfc15ed 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ostree (2016.6-4) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Switch sense of check in debian/test.sh so we really ignore test
+    failures on mipsel, and not on !mipsel.
+
+ -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>  Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:23:31 +0100
+
 ostree (2016.6-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Ignore build-time test failures on mipsel. "ostree pull"
diff --git a/debian/test.sh b/debian/test.sh
index e4035116..dc8eed28 100755
--- a/debian/test.sh
+++ b/debian/test.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then
     echo "Failed $failed out of $try_tests test runs"
-    if [ -n "$ignore" ]; then
+    if [ -z "$ignore" ]; then
         exit 1
     else
         echo "Ignoring test failure for this architecture"