diff --git a/services/automerge/automerge.go b/services/automerge/automerge.go
index c0b0062e25..1fd7bfd6c4 100644
--- a/services/automerge/automerge.go
+++ b/services/automerge/automerge.go
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ func handlePullRequestAutoMerge(pullID int64, sha string) {
 	perm := access_model.Permission{AccessMode: perm.AccessModeWrite}
 
 	if err := pull_service.CheckPullMergeable(ctx, doer, &perm, pr, pull_service.MergeCheckTypeGeneral, false); err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(pull_service.ErrUserNotAllowedToMerge, err) {
+		if errors.Is(err, pull_service.ErrUserNotAllowedToMerge) {
 			log.Info("%-v was scheduled to automerge by an unauthorized user", pr)
 			return
 		}