diff --git a/wildcard.cpp b/wildcard.cpp
index 9f8bfc259..e8cd03eb1 100644
--- a/wildcard.cpp
+++ b/wildcard.cpp
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ static int wildcard_expand_internal( const wchar_t *wc,
 			{								
 				res = 1;
 				completion_t data_to_push(base_dir);
-				if ( std::find( out.begin(), out.end(), data_to_push ) != out.end() ){
+				if (std::find( out.begin(), out.end(), data_to_push ) == out.end()) {
 					 out.push_back( data_to_push);
 				}
 			}