diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_config/ecore_config.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_config/ecore_config.c
index a0db07096c..3b406cd0f9 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_config/ecore_config.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_config/ecore_config.c
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ ecore_config_system_shutdown(void)
    int                 ret;
 
    __ecore_config_system_init--;
-   if (__ecore_config_system_init > 1)
+   if (__ecore_config_system_init > 0)
       return ECORE_CONFIG_ERR_IGNORED;
 
    ret = _ecore_config_ipc_exit();