diff --git a/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh b/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
index 32e3be431da5f207945fe97492ed253fdbf12257..ff678b9b001fee06b0f5517bf6c50cdddb77c991 100755
--- a/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
+++ b/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function _doBackupOfSingleInstance(){
     # echo
     # echo "update_seq --+-- current [${sSequenceCurrent}]" 
     # echo "             +-- backup  [${sSequenceLast}]"
-    if [ ! -z ${sSequenceLast} ] || [ "${sSequenceCurrent}" = "${sSequenceLast}" ]; then
+    if [ "${sSequenceCurrent}" = "${sSequenceLast}" ]; then
       echo SKIP: still on sequence ${sSequenceLast}
     else
       echo