diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c b/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c
index b423ab10e4c1d2382dd94cc5dbe54810f6e4380c..4ce010caaa1163bf403315ade2e5d92c2ca4cf20 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ qemuFirmwareFetchConfigs(char ***firmwares,
 
     *firmwares = NULL;
 
-    if (privileged) {
+    if (!privileged) {
         /* This is a slight divergence from the specification.
          * Since the system daemon runs as root, it doesn't make
          * much sense to parse files in root's home directory. It