diff --git a/src/builtins/path.cpp b/src/builtins/path.cpp
index be062e23f..5cf368652 100644
--- a/src/builtins/path.cpp
+++ b/src/builtins/path.cpp
@@ -807,9 +807,8 @@ static int path_filter(parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams, int argc, const
     int n_transformed = 0;
     arg_iterator_t aiter(argv, optind, streams, opts.null_in);
     while (const wcstring *arg = aiter.nextstr()) {
-        if ((!opts.invert || (!opts.have_perm && !opts.have_type)) && filter_path(opts, *arg)) {
+        if ((!opts.have_perm && !opts.have_type) || (filter_path(opts, *arg) != opts.invert)) {
             // If we don't have filters, check if it exists.
-            // (for match this is done by the glob already)
             if (!opts.have_type && !opts.have_perm) {
                 bool ok = !waccess(*arg, F_OK);
                 if (ok == opts.invert) continue;
diff --git a/tests/checks/path.fish b/tests/checks/path.fish
index d9ef9897a..3f2aa2f48 100644
--- a/tests/checks/path.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/path.fish
@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ chmod +x bin/*
 path filter bin argagagji
 # The (hopefully) nonexistent argagagji is filtered implicitly:
 # CHECK: bin
+
+# With --invert, the existing bin is filtered
+path filter --invert bin argagagji
+# CHECK: argagagji
+
+# With --invert and a type, bin fails the type,
+# and argagagji doesn't exist, so both are printed.
+path filter -vf bin argagagji
+# CHECK: bin
+# CHECK: argagagji
+
 path filter --type file bin bin/fish
 # Only fish is a file
 # CHECK: bin/fish