diff --git a/jenkins/scripts/common_translation_update.sh b/jenkins/scripts/common_translation_update.sh
index 75ace6d70f..25110b2448 100644
--- a/jenkins/scripts/common_translation_update.sh
+++ b/jenkins/scripts/common_translation_update.sh
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ function filter_commits ()
     for f in `git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=A`
     do
         # Files should have at least one non-empty msgid string.
-        if grep -q 'msgid "[^"]' "$f" ; then
+        if ! grep -q 'msgid "[^"]' "$f" ; then
             git reset -q "$f"
             rm "$f"
         fi