diff --git a/src/llama-vocab.cpp b/src/llama-vocab.cpp
index 4969d2628c131..9a680aed4dcfd 100644
--- a/src/llama-vocab.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-vocab.cpp
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ struct llm_tokenizer_bpe_session {
                 "also starts with a BOS token. So now the final prompt starts with 2 BOS tokens. "
                 "Are you sure this is what you want?\n", __FUNCTION__);
         }
-        if (vocab.get_add_bos() && output.size() >= 2 && *(output.end()-2) == vocab.token_eos()) {
+        if (vocab.get_add_eos() && output.size() >= 2 && *(output.end()-2) == vocab.token_eos()) {
             LLAMA_LOG_WARN(
                 "%s: Added a EOS token to the prompt as specified by the model but the prompt "
                 "also ends with a EOS token. So now the final prompt ends with 2 EOS tokens. "