diff --git a/src/libimcv/os_info/os_info.c b/src/libimcv/os_info/os_info.c
index 098cb1e83..f7cd52524 100644
--- a/src/libimcv/os_info/os_info.c
+++ b/src/libimcv/os_info/os_info.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ static bool extract_platform_info(os_type_t *type, chunk_t *name,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (!os_name.ptr)
+	if (!os_version.ptr)
 	{
 		DBG1(DBG_IMC, "no distribution release file found");
 		return FALSE;