diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/s3_sync.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/s3_sync.py
index d5975c3b67..8a695e6b45 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/s3_sync.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/s3_sync.py
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def filter_list(s3, bucket, s3filelist, strategy):
                 entry['whytime'] = '{0} / {1}'.format(local_modified_epoch, remote_modified_epoch)
                 entry['whysize'] = '{0} / {1}'.format(local_size, remote_size)
 
-                if local_modified_epoch <= remote_modified_epoch or local_size == remote_size:
+                if local_modified_epoch <= remote_modified_epoch and local_size == remote_size:
                     entry['skip_flag'] = True
             else:
                 entry['why'] = "no s3_head"