diff --git a/include/git.sh b/include/git.sh
index ba42156..c55b365 100755
--- a/include/git.sh
+++ b/include/git.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ git_prep()
 	git -C "$tmpgit" reset --hard $rev || $err "git -C $_loc: !reset $rev"
 	git_am_patches "$tmpgit" "$_patchdir" || $err "!am $_loc $_patchdir"
 
-	if [ "$project" != "coreboot" ] || [ $# -gt 2 ]; then
+	if [ "$project" = "coreboot" ] && [ $# -gt 2 ]; then
 		[ ! -f "$tmpgit/.gitmodules" ] || git -C "$tmpgit" submodule \
 		    update --init || $err "git_prep $_loc: !submod"
 		if [ "$project" = "coreboot" ] && [ -n "$xtree" ] && \