diff --git a/src/state/opamFormatUpgrade.ml b/src/state/opamFormatUpgrade.ml
index 824d0a9a005..13b2804abca 100644
--- a/src/state/opamFormatUpgrade.ml
+++ b/src/state/opamFormatUpgrade.ml
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ let hard_upgrade_from_2_1_intermediates ?global_lock root =
   let opam_root_version = OpamFile.Config.raw_root_version config_f in
   match opam_root_version with
   | Some v when OpamVersion.compare v v2_0 <= 0
-             || OpamVersion.compare v2_1_rc v <= 0 ->
+             || OpamVersion.compare v2_1 v <= 0 ->
     () (* do nothing, need to reraise parsing exception *)
   | _ ->
     log "Intermediate opam root detected%s, launch hard upgrade"