diff --git a/tdeinit/autostart.cpp b/tdeinit/autostart.cpp
index 79e71c7f6..abc3c2ef3 100644
--- a/tdeinit/autostart.cpp
+++ b/tdeinit/autostart.cpp
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ AutoStart::loadAutoStartList()
            if (!startCondition(config.readEntry("X-TDE-autostart-condition")))
               continue;
        }
-       else {
-           if (!startCondition(config.readEntry("X-TDE-autostart-condition")))
+       else if (config.hasKey("X-KDE-autostart-condition")) {
+           if (!startCondition(config.readEntry("X-KDE-autostart-condition")))
               continue;
        }
        if (!config.tryExec())