diff --git a/src/app/layout/qgslayoutqptdrophandler.cpp b/src/app/layout/qgslayoutqptdrophandler.cpp
index 9ba3a332c84..573c90e50e0 100644
--- a/src/app/layout/qgslayoutqptdrophandler.cpp
+++ b/src/app/layout/qgslayoutqptdrophandler.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ QgsLayoutQptDropHandler::QgsLayoutQptDropHandler( QObject *parent )
 bool QgsLayoutQptDropHandler::handleFileDrop( QgsLayoutDesignerInterface *iface, const QString &file )
 {
   QFileInfo fi( file );
-  if ( !fi.suffix().compare( QLatin1String( "qpt" ), Qt::CaseInsensitive ) == 0 )
+  if ( fi.suffix().compare( QLatin1String( "qpt" ), Qt::CaseInsensitive ) != 0 )
     return false;
 
   QFile templateFile( file );