diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
index 5098494..5b43659 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
@@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@
             builder = null;
         }
 
-        if (null == builder || builder.size() > 0) {
+        if (null != builder && builder.size() > 0) {
             // Explicitly supply an empty typed word (the no-second-arg version of
             // showSuggestions will retrieve the word near the cursor, we don't want that here)
             showSuggestions(builder.build(), "");