diff --git a/.github/workflows/archive-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/archive-validation.yml
index d6bb7fe4..cd97503c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/archive-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/archive-validation.yml
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: |
           git archive -o archive.tar $GITHUB_SHA && sh .ci/github/validate_archive.sh archive.tar
-        if: ${{ steps.number-of-changed-files.outputs.no_of_changed_files_in_root -eq 0 }}
+        if: ${{ steps.number-of-changed-files.outputs.no_of_changed_files_in_root > 0 }}