diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JoinTable.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JoinTable.java
index fc722781ab..804c2eb0c2 100755
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JoinTable.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JoinTable.java
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ implements
         }
 
         // [#14985] Path joins additional conditions
-        else if ((TableImpl.path(lhs) != null || TableImpl.path(lhs) != null)
+        else if ((TableImpl.path(lhs) != null || TableImpl.path(rhs) != null)
 
             // Do this only if we're *not* rendering implicit joins, in case of which join paths
             // are expected, and their predicates are already present.