diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/logging/logrotate.nix b/nixos/modules/services/logging/logrotate.nix
index e6eb0552c9e..dfc58d7d539 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/logging/logrotate.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/logging/logrotate.nix
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ let
   };
 
   mailOption =
-    if foldr (n: a: a || n ? mail) false (attrValues cfg.settings)
+    if foldr (n: a: a || (n.mail or false) != false) false (attrValues cfg.settings)
     then "--mail=${pkgs.mailutils}/bin/mail"
     else "";
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