diff --git a/apps/app_record.c b/apps/app_record.c
index f84baa37a6253f6eb2ea44893570b27c5ec58dc4..ecd54d3468bff5ea8ba1961b5ea8f209555023c8 100755
--- a/apps/app_record.c
+++ b/apps/app_record.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int record_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 
 
 	/* The next few lines of code parse out the filename and header from the input string */
-	if (!data || !ast_strlen_zero(data)) { /* no data implies no filename or anything is present */
+	if (!data || ast_strlen_zero(data)) { /* no data implies no filename or anything is present */
 		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Record requires an argument (filename)\n");
 		return -1;
 	}