diff --git a/utils/ldconfig.c b/utils/ldconfig.c
index e6b7881..3e34719 100644
--- a/utils/ldconfig.c
+++ b/utils/ldconfig.c
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 					/* we do the redundancy check only if cache usage is enabled */
 					if (strcmp(UCLIBC_RUNTIME_PREFIX "lib", cp) == 0
 					    || strcmp(UCLIBC_RUNTIME_PREFIX "usr/lib", cp) == 0) {
-						if (verbose >= 0)
+						if (verbose > 0)
 							warnx("You should remove `%s' from `%s'", cp, LDSO_CONF);
 						continue;
 					}