diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 933b2c52ad..568533f824 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -33166,8 +33166,7 @@ else
 int main() { return inotify_init(); }
 _ACEOF
 if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  wx_cv_inotify_usable=yes; $as_echo "#define wxHAS_INOTIFY 1" >>confdefs.h
-
+  wx_cv_inotify_usable=yes
 else
   wx_cv_inotify_usable=no
 
@@ -33178,7 +33177,10 @@ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
 fi
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $wx_cv_inotify_usable" >&5
 $as_echo "$wx_cv_inotify_usable" >&6; }
-            if test "$wx_cv_inotify_usable" = "no"; then
+            if test "$wx_cv_inotify_usable" = "yes"; then
+                $as_echo "#define wxHAS_INOTIFY 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+            else
                 for ac_header in sys/event.h
 do :
   ac_fn_c_check_header_compile "$LINENO" "sys/event.h" "ac_cv_header_sys_event_h" "$ac_includes_default
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 728af3eb7e..3ff854e79d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5604,11 +5604,13 @@ if test "$wxUSE_FSWATCHER" = "yes"; then
                 wx_cv_inotify_usable,
                 AC_LINK_IFELSE(
                     [AC_LANG_SOURCE([int main() { return inotify_init(); }])],
-                    [wx_cv_inotify_usable=yes; AC_DEFINE(wxHAS_INOTIFY) ],
+                    [wx_cv_inotify_usable=yes],
                     [wx_cv_inotify_usable=no]
                 )
             )
-            if test "$wx_cv_inotify_usable" = "no"; then
+            if test "$wx_cv_inotify_usable" = "yes"; then
+                AC_DEFINE(wxHAS_INOTIFY)
+            else
                 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/event.h,,, [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT()])
                 if test "$ac_cv_header_sys_event_h" = "yes"; then
                     AC_DEFINE(wxHAS_KQUEUE)