diff --git a/manager.c b/manager.c
index 915d83b9e23baebe534e1f3feccbfd2a0ce6c41e..be1ac1e01f506b88ad00bfde0852d9d6cf0fe841 100644
--- a/manager.c
+++ b/manager.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ static void unuse_eventqent(struct eventqent *e)
 	int val;
 	ast_mutex_lock(&e->lock);
 	e->usecount--;
-	val = e->usecount && e->next;
+	val = !e->usecount && e->next;
 	ast_mutex_unlock(&e->lock);
 	/* Wake up sleeping beauty */
 	if (val)