diff --git a/gnucash/report/reports/standard/register.scm b/gnucash/report/reports/standard/register.scm
index ed2c807be0..080fa759b9 100644
--- a/gnucash/report/reports/standard/register.scm
+++ b/gnucash/report/reports/standard/register.scm
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
                         " "))
             (addto! row-contents " ")))
     (if (credit-col column-vector)
-        (if (negative? (gnc:gnc-monetary-amount split-value))
+        (if (not (positive? (gnc:gnc-monetary-amount split-value)))
             (addto! row-contents
                     (if split-info?
                         (gnc:make-html-table-cell/markup
diff --git a/gnucash/report/reports/standard/test/test-register.scm b/gnucash/report/reports/standard/test/test-register.scm
index 86d561e15e..eb3967a737 100644
--- a/gnucash/report/reports/standard/test/test-register.scm
+++ b/gnucash/report/reports/standard/test/test-register.scm
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
       (set-option options "__reg" "query" (gnc-query2scm query)))
 
     (let ((sxml (options->sxml options "basic")))
-      (test-equal "table has 231 cells"
-        231
+      (test-equal "table has 232 cells"
+        232
         (length (sxml->table-row-col sxml 1 #f #f)))
 
       (test-equal "total debit = $2587"
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
 
     (set-option options "__reg" "journal" #t)
     (let ((sxml (options->sxml options "journal")))
-      (test-equal "table has 337 cells"
-        337
+      (test-equal "table has 339 cells"
+        339
         (length (sxml->table-row-col sxml 1 #f #f)))
 
       (test-equal "total debit = #6"
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@
 
     (set-option options "__reg" "ledger-type" #t)
     (let ((sxml (options->sxml options "ledger-type")))
-      (test-equal "table has 341 cells"
-        341
+      (test-equal "table has 343 cells"
+        343
         (length (sxml->table-row-col sxml 1 #f #f)))
 
       (test-equal "total debit = #6"
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@
 
     (set-option options "__reg" "double" #t)
     (let ((sxml (options->sxml options "double")))
-      (test-equal "table has 345 cells"
-        345
+      (test-equal "table has 347 cells"
+        347
         (length (sxml->table-row-col sxml 1 #f #f)))
 
       (test-equal "total debit = #6"