diff --git a/helpers/postgresql.py b/helpers/postgresql.py
index 0a837640..b9b74763 100644
--- a/helpers/postgresql.py
+++ b/helpers/postgresql.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class Postgresql:
             conn and conn.close()
 
         # if the size of the accumulated WAL segments is more than 5% of the backup size - we should use the pg_basebackup
-        return True or (diff_in_bytes < long(backup_size) * 0.05)
+        return diff_in_bytes < long(backup_size) * 0.05
 
     def is_leader(self):
         return not self.query('SELECT pg_is_in_recovery()').fetchone()[0]