diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Memory.pm.in b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Memory.pm.in
index a93fcc84d..7e2f03c68 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Memory.pm.in
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Memory.pm.in
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ sub zmMemWrite {
 
   while ( my ( $field, $value ) = each( %$field_values ) ) {
     my ( $section, $element ) = split( /[\/:.]/, $field );
-    if ( !$section || !$element ); {
+    if ( !$section || !$element ) {
       Fatal( "Invalid shared data selector '$field'" );
     }