diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index c19b0bd..07cc37f 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int cntree(const char *dst) {
 	if (get_stat(dst, &stat_path))
 		return 1;
 
-	if (!S_ISDIR(stat_path.st_mode) || r_flag)
+	if (!S_ISDIR(stat_path.st_mode) || !r_flag)
 		return ret;
 
 	DIR *dir = opendir(dst);