diff --git a/R/sparsevctrs.R b/R/sparsevctrs.R
index d09416ba3..9b1452ad2 100644
--- a/R/sparsevctrs.R
+++ b/R/sparsevctrs.R
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ is_sparse_tibble <- function(x) {
 }
 
 materialize_sparse_tibble <- function(x, object, input) {
-  if ((!allow_sparse(object)) && is_sparse_tibble(x)) {
+  if (is_sparse_tibble(x) && (!allow_sparse(object))) {
     cli::cli_warn(
       "{.arg {input}} is a sparse tibble, but {.fn {class(object)[1]}} with
       engine {.code {object$engine}} doesn't accept that. Converting to