diff --git a/wp-includes/comment-functions.php b/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
index e46d41fba9..64326e6552 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
@@ -468,10 +468,10 @@ function pingback($content, $post_ID) {
 			// when set to true, this outputs debug messages by itself
 			$client->debug = false;
 			
-			if ( !$client->query('pingback.ping', array($pagelinkedfrom, $pagelinkedto) ) )
-				debug_fwrite($log, "Error.\n Fault code: ".$client->getErrorCode()." : ".$client->getErrorMessage()."\n");
-			else
+			if ( $client->query('pingback.ping', array($pagelinkedfrom, $pagelinkedto) ) )
 				add_ping( $post_ID, $pagelinkedto );
+			else
+				debug_fwrite($log, "Error.\n Fault code: ".$client->getErrorCode()." : ".$client->getErrorMessage()."\n");
 		}
 	}