diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb b/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb
index 1f0d62f150..c840b1fde7 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ class LinkageChecker
           rescue Errno::ENOENT
             next if harmless_broken_link?(dylib)
             if (dep = dylib_to_dep(dylib))
-              @broken_dylibs << dylib
-            else
               @broken_deps[dep] << dylib
+            else
+              @broken_dylibs << dylib
             end
           else
             tap = Tab.for_keg(owner).tap