diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteTablePathSparkAction.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteTablePathSparkAction.java
index c9382fafd8ae..4c9e5c5e4a96 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteTablePathSparkAction.java
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteTablePathSparkAction.java
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ private boolean versionInFilePath(String path, String version) {
   }
 
   private String jobDesc() {
-    if (startVersionName != null) {
+    if (startVersionName == null) {
       return String.format(
           "Replacing path prefixes '%s' with '%s' in the metadata files of table %s,"
               + "up to version '%s'.",