diff --git a/src/app/external/exportSeda/controllers/ExportSEDATrait.php b/src/app/external/exportSeda/controllers/ExportSEDATrait.php
index 10e6ec529142ef3ca4c6a060eab6007a885c4e9d..f83452a00e19645dec135e90573f8efb20cf2437 100644
--- a/src/app/external/exportSeda/controllers/ExportSEDATrait.php
+++ b/src/app/external/exportSeda/controllers/ExportSEDATrait.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ trait ExportSEDATrait
             return ['errors' => ['resource does not exists']];
         } elseif (empty($resource['destination'])) {
             return ['errors' => ['resource has no destination']];
-        } elseif (empty($resource['retention_frozen'])) {
+        } elseif ($resource['retention_frozen']) {
             return ['errors' => ['retention rule is frozen']];
         }