diff --git a/src/authm_mad/remotes/x509/x509_auth.rb b/src/authm_mad/remotes/x509/x509_auth.rb
index 2e1f91f378..de03a7f3d3 100644
--- a/src/authm_mad/remotes/x509/x509_auth.rb
+++ b/src/authm_mad/remotes/x509/x509_auth.rb
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ private
             conf_txt = File.read(conf_file)
             conf_opt = YAML::load(conf_txt)
 
-            @options.merge!(conf_opt) if conf_opt != false
+            @options.merge!(conf_opt) if conf_opt
         end
     end