diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java
index 6958fc3ada..e6209ba70d 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ public class FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl implements LocalStorageStrategy {
 
    @Override
    public BlobAccess getBlobAccess(String containerName, String blobName) {
-      if (new File(buildPathStartingFromBaseDir(containerName)).exists()) {
+      if (!new File(buildPathStartingFromBaseDir(containerName)).exists()) {
          throw new ContainerNotFoundException(containerName, "in getBlobAccess");
       }
       File file = new File(buildPathStartingFromBaseDir(containerName, blobName));