diff --git a/cJSON_Utils.c b/cJSON_Utils.c
index c4a0ae00639952f2409c44c2259a297513b1c277..c61e77357471b5461018f7ede36fc74934dcf852 100644
--- a/cJSON_Utils.c
+++ b/cJSON_Utils.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object,cJSON *patch)
 int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatches(cJSON *object,cJSON *patches)
 {
 	int err;
-	if (!patches->type==cJSON_Array) return 1;	/* malformed patches. */
+	if (patches->type!=cJSON_Array) return 1;	/* malformed patches. */
 	if (patches) patches=patches->child;
 	while (patches)
 	{