diff --git a/guix/man-db.scm b/guix/man-db.scm
index 9cb07493ba..bba90ed473 100644
--- a/guix/man-db.scm
+++ b/guix/man-db.scm
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ (define (mandb-entries directory)
                                                           ".gz"))
                                   (file-zst (string-append directory "/" link
                                                            ".zst")))
-                              (and (or (file-exists? file-gz)
-                                       (file-exists? file-zst) file)
-                                   file)))))
+                              (or (and (file-exists? file-gz) file-gz)
+                                  (and (file-exists? file-zst) file-zst))))))
        (man-files directory)))