diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 43347fcdb..dd3422dcc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -278,4 +278,6 @@
   action event.  From Petteri Aimonen.
 * NxWidgets/tools/bitmap_converter.py: Fix bitmap_converter.py so that
   it works with indexed input images.
+* NxWidgets::CLabel: Fix backward conditional compilation in the
+  "flicker free" logic.
 
diff --git a/libnxwidgets/src/clabel.cxx b/libnxwidgets/src/clabel.cxx
index be4fe902d..376d2ce8f 100644
--- a/libnxwidgets/src/clabel.cxx
+++ b/libnxwidgets/src/clabel.cxx
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ void CLabel::drawContents(CGraphicsPort *port)
 
   // Draw the background (excluding the border)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NXWIDGETS_FLICKERFREE
+#ifndef CONFIG_NXWIDGETS_FLICKERFREE
   port->drawFilledRect(rect.getX(), rect.getY(),
                        rect.getWidth(), rect.getHeight(), backColor);
 #endif