diff --git a/app/dialogs/layer-options-dialog.c b/app/dialogs/layer-options-dialog.c
index 16d3e99b74..af14a0cd4a 100644
--- a/app/dialogs/layer-options-dialog.c
+++ b/app/dialogs/layer-options-dialog.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ layer_options_dialog_new (GimpImage                *image,
       row += 2;
     }
 
-  if (layer && ! gimp_item_is_vector_layer (GIMP_ITEM (layer)))
+  if (! layer || ! gimp_item_is_vector_layer (GIMP_ITEM (layer)))
     {
       /*  The offset labels  */
       label = gtk_label_new (_("Offset X:"));