diff --git a/go/twitterchiver/related_fetcher/fetcher.go b/go/twitterchiver/related_fetcher/fetcher.go
index b05a2778c5..cae70dfc3b 100644
--- a/go/twitterchiver/related_fetcher/fetcher.go
+++ b/go/twitterchiver/related_fetcher/fetcher.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func mediaFetchTick(ctx context.Context, cfg WorkerConfig) error {
 						continue
 					}
 					log.Printf("[%v:%d:%v] %v already exists but has zero size; refetching", cfg.Name, t.ID, u, out)
-				} else if gcerrors.Code(err) == gcerrors.NotFound {
+				} else if gcerrors.Code(err) != gcerrors.NotFound {
 					log.Printf("[%v:%d:%v] checking output path %v: %v", cfg.Name, t.ID, u, out, err)
 					return
 				}