diff --git a/filemanager/inc/class.filemanager_admin.inc.php b/filemanager/inc/class.filemanager_admin.inc.php
index 5bf595111f..fd7a70b162 100644
--- a/filemanager/inc/class.filemanager_admin.inc.php
+++ b/filemanager/inc/class.filemanager_admin.inc.php
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class filemanager_admin extends filemanager_ui
 						$msg = lang('Directory "%1" NOT found!', $content['versionedpath']);
 					}
 					// shortcut to efficently delete every old version and deleted file
-					elseif ($content['versionedpath'] == '/' && $content['ctime'])
+					elseif ($content['versionedpath'] == '/' && !$content['ctime'])
 					{
 						$msg = lang('%1 files deleted.', Versioning\StreamWrapper::purge_all_versioning());
 					}