diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework/init b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework/init
index 20774aa5e9..95fa9fb1a0 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework/init
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework/init
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ mkdir $ROOTFS_DIR
 # Load and run modules
 for m in $MODULES_DIR/*; do
 	# Skip backup files
-	if [ "`echo $m | sed -e 's/\~$//'`" = "$m" ]; then
+	if [ "`echo $m | sed -e 's/\~$//'`" != "$m" ]; then
 		continue
 	fi