diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index 42da6ea9c8..73146e583b 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ function wp_dashboard_right_now() {
 	update_right_now_message();
 
 	// Check if search engines are asked not to index this site.
-	if ( ! is_network_admin() && ! is_user_admin() && current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) && '1' != get_option( 'blog_public' ) ) {
+	if ( ! is_network_admin() && ! is_user_admin() && current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) && '0' == get_option( 'blog_public' ) ) {
 
 		/**
 		 * Filter the link title attribute for the 'Search Engines Discouraged'