diff --git a/src/gui/csvImport/CsvImportWidget.cpp b/src/gui/csvImport/CsvImportWidget.cpp
index be66c50e01..dfd3606da7 100644
--- a/src/gui/csvImport/CsvImportWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/csvImport/CsvImportWidget.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace
 
         auto nameList = groupPath.split("/", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
         // Skip over first group name if root
-        if (nameList.first().compare("root", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+        if (nameList.first().compare("root", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
             nameList.removeFirst();
         }