diff --git a/ChangeLog.adoc b/ChangeLog.adoc
index d9e72f312..90153fde9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.adoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.adoc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Bug fixes::
   * core: prevent switching to start of visited buffers when jumping to next (issue #1591, issue #1592)
   * core: recreate buflist and fset bars on /reload when WeeChat is started without configuration files (issue #1618)
   * buflist: fix comparison of hotlists in option buflist.look.sort (issue #1621)
+  * xfer: make file transfer fail when option xfer.file.auto_rename is off and file already exists (issue #1633)
 
 Tests::
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/xfer/xfer-file.c b/src/plugins/xfer/xfer-file.c
index f00aab3b7..0ba198eef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/xfer/xfer-file.c
+++ b/src/plugins/xfer/xfer-file.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ xfer_file_find_suffix (struct t_xfer *xfer)
         return;
 
     /* if auto rename is not set, then abort xfer */
-    if (!xfer_config_file_auto_rename)
+    if (!weechat_config_boolean (xfer_config_file_auto_rename))
     {
         xfer_close (xfer, XFER_STATUS_FAILED);
         xfer_buffer_refresh (WEECHAT_HOTLIST_MESSAGE);