diff --git a/core/misc/states.es6.js b/core/misc/states.es6.js
index b324681a77..57ffa8c7b1 100644
--- a/core/misc/states.es6.js
+++ b/core/misc/states.es6.js
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
 
       // Only call the trigger initializer when it wasn't yet attached to this
       // element. Otherwise we'd end up with duplicate events.
-      if (this.element.data(`trigger:${this.state}`) !== undefined) {
+      if (this.element.data(`trigger:${this.state}`) === undefined) {
         this.initialize();
       }
     }