diff --git a/src/sugar/activity/i18n.py b/src/sugar/activity/i18n.py
index e45fc19a..a91b9126 100644
--- a/src/sugar/activity/i18n.py
+++ b/src/sugar/activity/i18n.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def get_locale_path(bundle_id):
 
     gconf_client = gconf.client_get_default()
     package_dir = gconf_client.get_string("/desktop/sugar/i18n/langpackdir")
-    if package_dir is not None or package_dir is not '':
+    if package_dir is not None and package_dir is not '':
         candidate_dirs[package_dir] = 1
 
     candidate_dirs[os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share', 'locale')] = 0