diff --git a/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerJob.java b/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerJob.java
index b1eb877205a..d9dc0bb1e11 100644
--- a/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerJob.java
+++ b/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerJob.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerJob implements Jobby
       }
     }
 
-    if (failedMessage != null) {
+    if (failedMessage == null) {
       publishedSegments = IndexGeneratorJob.getPublishedSegments(config);
     }