diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.install b/core/modules/locale/locale.install
index 806db51..3a659ae 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.install
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.install
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ function locale_update_8004() {
  */
 function locale_update_8005() {
   // Collect all lids that are sources to plural variants.
-  $results = db_query("SELECT lid, plid FROM {locales_target} WHERE plural != 0");
+  $results = db_query("SELECT lid, plid FROM {locales_target} WHERE plural <> 0");
   $plural_lids = array();
   foreach ($results as $row) {
     // Need to collect both lid and plid. The lid for the first (singular)