diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/dialect/internal/DialectFactoryImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/dialect/internal/DialectFactoryImpl.java
index 9bb8d92954..55c766facf 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/dialect/internal/DialectFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/dialect/internal/DialectFactoryImpl.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class DialectFactoryImpl implements DialectFactory {
 	@Override
 	public Dialect buildDialect(Map configValues, Connection connection) throws HibernateException {
 		final String dialectName = (String) configValues.get( AvailableSettings.DIALECT );
-		if ( StringHelper.isEmpty( dialectName ) ) {
+		if ( !StringHelper.isEmpty( dialectName ) ) {
 			return constructDialect( dialectName );
 		}
 		else {