diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticleModel.php b/administrator/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticleModel.php
index 3525175f4dbee..a5cdd6e568142 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticleModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticleModel.php
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ public function getItem($pk = null)
 			$registry = new Registry($item->urls);
 			$item->urls = $registry->toArray();
 
-			$item->articletext = ($item->fulltext === null || trim($item->fulltext) != '') ? $item->introtext . "<hr id=\"system-readmore\">" . $item->fulltext : $item->introtext;
+			$item->articletext = ($item->fulltext !== null && trim($item->fulltext) != '') ? $item->introtext . "<hr id=\"system-readmore\">" . $item->fulltext : $item->introtext;
 
 			if (!empty($item->id))
 			{