diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/chat-completion.c b/src/fe-common/core/chat-completion.c
index f580c7c0..2a0ef852 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/chat-completion.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/chat-completion.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static void sig_message_join(SERVER_REC *server, const char *channel,
 	CHANNEL_REC *chanrec;
 
 	chanrec = channel_find(server, channel);
-	if (channel != NULL)
+	if (chanrec != NULL)
 		CHANNEL_LAST_MSG_ADD(chanrec, nick, FALSE);
 }