diff --git a/src/xattrs.c b/src/xattrs.c
index 5a4bf72..bdf6ba0 100644
--- a/src/xattrs.c
+++ b/src/xattrs.c
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ xattrs_print_char (struct tar_stat_info const *st, char *output)
   if (selinux_context_option > 0 && st->cntx_name)
     *output = '.';
 
-  if (acls_option && (st->acls_a_len || st->acls_d_len))
+  if (acls_option > 0 && (st->acls_a_len || st->acls_d_len))
     *output = '+';
 }
 
@@ -704,11 +704,11 @@ xattrs_print (struct tar_stat_info const *st)
     return;
 
   /* selinux */
-  if (selinux_context_option && st->cntx_name)
+  if (selinux_context_option > 0 && st->cntx_name)
     fprintf (stdlis, "  s: %s\n", st->cntx_name);
 
   /* acls */
-  if (acls_option && (st->acls_a_len || st->acls_d_len))
+  if (acls_option > 0 && (st->acls_a_len || st->acls_d_len))
     {
       fprintf (stdlis, "  a: ");
       acls_one_line ("", ',', st->acls_a_ptr, st->acls_a_len);
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ xattrs_print (struct tar_stat_info const *st)
     }
 
   /* xattrs */
-  if (xattrs_option && st->xattr_map_size)
+  if (xattrs_option > 0 && st->xattr_map_size)
     {
       int i;