diff --git a/products/atv_lowram_defaults.mk b/products/atv_lowram_defaults.mk
index aa43ae5..4c99c79 100644
--- a/products/atv_lowram_defaults.mk
+++ b/products/atv_lowram_defaults.mk
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@
 TARGET_VNDK_USE_CORE_VARIANT := true
 
 # Use the low memory allocator outside of eng builds to save RSS.
-ifneq (,$(filter eng, $(TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT)))
+ifeq (,$(filter eng, $(TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT)))
   MALLOC_SVELTE := true
 endif