diff --git a/modules/node/node.install b/modules/node/node.install
index 11ced749a86837ef1bffbceb514b4294b81a1cca..2aefeb09ead29f815b07f0c04ec9f2ac7e27b85b 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.install
+++ b/modules/node/node.install
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ function node_update_7002() {
  */
 function node_update_7003() {
   $ret = array();
-  if (!drupal_get_installed_schema_version('statistics')) {
+  if (drupal_get_installed_schema_version('statistics') == SCHEMA_UNINSTALLED) {
     db_drop_table($ret, 'node_counter');
   }
   return $ret;