diff --git a/ext/libclementine-tagreader/tagreader.cpp b/ext/libclementine-tagreader/tagreader.cpp
index c7b4fe44f..b00cd64af 100644
--- a/ext/libclementine-tagreader/tagreader.cpp
+++ b/ext/libclementine-tagreader/tagreader.cpp
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ bool TagReader::SaveSongRatingToFile(
   if (filename.isNull()) return false;
 
   qLog(Debug) << "Saving song rating tags to" << filename;
-  if (song.rating()) {
+  if (song.rating() < 0) {
     // The FMPS spec says unrated == "tag not present". For us, no rating
     // results in rating being -1, so don't write anything in that case.
     // Actually, we should also remove tag set in this case, but in