diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java
index 03169deaf4..214a7308ff 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java
@@ -685,8 +685,7 @@ public final class ColumnFamilyStore implements ColumnFamilyStoreMBean
     void doMajorCompactionInternal(long skip) throws IOException
     {
         Collection<SSTableReader> sstables;
-        boolean major = skip < 1L;
-        if (!major)
+        if (skip > 0)
         {
             sstables = new ArrayList<SSTableReader>();
             for (SSTableReader sstable : ssTables_)