diff --git a/menuselect/menuselect.c b/menuselect/menuselect.c
index 6491d69385..f4a826b842 100644
--- a/menuselect/menuselect.c
+++ b/menuselect/menuselect.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static int process_xml_member_node(xmlNode *node, struct category *cat)
 
 	if (!cat->positive_output) {
 		mem->enabled = 1;
-		if (!(mem->defaultenabled && strcasecmp(mem->defaultenabled, "no"))) {
+		if (!mem->defaultenabled || strcasecmp(mem->defaultenabled, "no")) {
 			mem->was_enabled = 1;
 			print_debug("Enabled %s because the category does not have positive output\n", mem->name);
 		}