diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LinkCommandLine.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LinkCommandLine.java
index 48946b5c6be6c6..4ad3b688fb0298 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LinkCommandLine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LinkCommandLine.java
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ private void addDynamicInputLinkOptions(LinkerInput input, List<String> options,
     Artifact inputArtifact = input.getArtifact();
     PathFragment libDir = inputArtifact.getExecPath().getParentDirectory();
     if (rpathRoot != null
-        && !libDir.equals(solibDir)
+        && !solibDir.equals(libDir)
         && (runtimeSolibDir == null || !runtimeSolibDir.equals(libDir))) {
       String dotdots = "";
       PathFragment commonParent = solibDir;