diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/bottles.rb b/Library/Homebrew/bottles.rb
index 4f6841934f..57607e0f7e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/bottles.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/bottles.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def bottle_current? f
 end
 
 def bottle_new_version f
-  return 0 unless f.bottle_version
+  return 0 unless bottle_current? f
   f.bottle_version + 1
 end