diff --git a/modules/core/lib/Auth/Process/AttributeValueMap.php b/modules/core/lib/Auth/Process/AttributeValueMap.php
index a3e9f5626f98f0b6daa2e231ef34d2a648bc0416..890cb0208fa07cf00247540b01b8c634d299deef 100644
--- a/modules/core/lib/Auth/Process/AttributeValueMap.php
+++ b/modules/core/lib/Auth/Process/AttributeValueMap.php
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ class AttributeValueMap extends \SimpleSAML\Auth\ProcessingFilter
         }
 
         // now validate it
-        if (!empty($this->sourceattribute)) {
+        if (empty($this->sourceattribute)) {
             throw new Error\Exception("AttributeValueMap: 'sourceattribute' configuration option not set.");
         }
-        if (!empty($this->targetattribute)) {
+        if (empty($this->targetattribute)) {
             throw new Error\Exception("AttributeValueMap: 'targetattribute' configuration option not set.");
         }
         if (!is_array($this->values)) {