diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/window-items.c b/src/fe-common/core/window-items.c
index c87be0bf..bda4ee96 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/window-items.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/window-items.c
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ void window_item_create(WI_ITEM_REC *item, int automatic)
 		g_strdup_printf("%s %s", ((SERVER_REC *) item->server)->tag, item->name);
 
 	reuse_unused_windows =
-		settings_get_bool("autoclose_windows") &&
-		settings_get_bool("reuse_unused_windows") ;
+		!settings_get_bool("autoclose_windows") ||
+		settings_get_bool("reuse_unused_windows");
 
 	clear_waiting = TRUE;
 	window = NULL;