diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 42b6a95e2..933320d70 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -227,4 +227,4 @@
   include/config.h
 - Config change in SSL.h detection part
 - SSL error change to sendto_umode(UMODE_JUNK)
-- Fixed a hash error
+- Fixed a hash error, topic problem
diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c
index 4bde734aa..041d8048c 100644
--- a/src/channel.c
+++ b/src/channel.c
@@ -3502,7 +3502,7 @@ int  m_topic(cptr, sptr, parc, parv)
 		else if (ttime && topic && (IsServer(sptr)
 		    || IsULine(sptr)))
 		{
-			if (!chptr->topic_time || ttime < chptr->topic_time)
+			if (!chptr->topic_time || ttime > chptr->topic_time)
 			{
 				/* setting a topic */
 				topiClen = strlen(topic);