diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1a6195bb3..ada263712 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-10-19  Wolfgang Lux  <wolfgang.lux@gmail.com>
+
+	* Source/NSURL.m (-absoluteURL): Fix test for an absolute URL,
+	which got things backward.
+
 2010-10-19  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/NSURL.m: When making a relative file URL copy the host from
diff --git a/Source/NSURL.m b/Source/NSURL.m
index ae5930f69..dbc2d7bb8 100644
--- a/Source/NSURL.m
+++ b/Source/NSURL.m
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ static unsigned	urlAlign;
  */
 - (NSURL*) absoluteURL
 {
-  if (_baseURL != nil)
+  if (_baseURL == nil)
     {
       return self;
     }