diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/util/AStarPathUtil.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/util/AStarPathUtil.java
index 2e644623c..0eb1a2dd7 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/util/AStarPathUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/util/AStarPathUtil.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: AStarPathUtil.java,v 1.22 2003/01/15 21:27:41 shaper Exp $
+// $Id: AStarPathUtil.java,v 1.23 2003/01/15 21:43:33 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.miso.scene.util;
 
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class AStarInfo
         // meander off the edge of the scene; note, however, that their
         // cost is prohibitively high such that normal on-screen paths
         // won't make use of off-screen tiles. oh, the hackery.
-        return (isCoordinateValid(x, y)) ? scene.canTraverse(trav, x, y) : true;
+        return !isCoordinateValid(x, y)) || scene.canTraverse(trav, x, y);
     }
 
     /**