diff --git a/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp b/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp
index 8a2cd7bffe..08bb79660b 100644
--- a/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ wxFontEncoding wxTextCtrl::GetTextEncoding() const
 bool wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty() const
 {
     if ( IsMultiLine() )
-        return gtk_text_buffer_get_char_count(m_buffer) != 0;
+        return gtk_text_buffer_get_char_count(m_buffer) == 0;
 
     return wxTextCtrlBase::IsEmpty();
 }