diff --git a/src/smartpl_query.c b/src/smartpl_query.c
index 4841d62f..b990fa97 100644
--- a/src/smartpl_query.c
+++ b/src/smartpl_query.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ parse_input(struct smartpl *smartpl, pANTLR3_INPUT_STREAM input)
   // Finally, now that we have our lexer constructed, we can create the parser
   psr = SMARTPLParserNew(tstream);  // CParserNew is generated by ANTLR3
 
-  if (tstream == NULL)
+  if (psr == NULL)
     {
       DPRINTF(E_LOG, L_SCAN, "Could not create SMARTPL parser\n");
       ret = -1;