diff --git a/src/shared/conf-parser.c b/src/shared/conf-parser.c
index 90f08252ab..02a27e3a88 100644
--- a/src/shared/conf-parser.c
+++ b/src/shared/conf-parser.c
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ int config_parse_tristate(
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        *t = !!k;
+        *t = k;
         return 0;
 }