diff --git a/src/msw/dialog.cpp b/src/msw/dialog.cpp
index 6dc0d62e04..c7baa0359c 100644
--- a/src/msw/dialog.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/dialog.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ int wxDialog::ShowModal()
 
     // EndModal may have been called from InitDialog handler (called from
     // inside Show()) and hidden the dialog back again
-    if ( !IsShown() )
+    if ( IsShown() )
     {
         // enter and run the modal loop
         wxDialogModalDataTiedPtr modalData(&m_modalData,