diff --git a/src/ripple/app/data/SociDB.cpp b/src/ripple/app/data/SociDB.cpp
index 12f7b1c13..f400a0f23 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/data/SociDB.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/data/SociDB.cpp
@@ -224,9 +224,13 @@ WALCheckpointer::~WALCheckpointer ()
 
 void WALCheckpointer::runCheckpoint (const char* db, int pages)
 {
-    if ((pages + 1) % checkpointPageCount)
+    if (pages < checkpointPageCount)
         return;
 
+    // TODO: after it reaches 1000 pages, won't it checkpoint on every
+    // page after that?
+    // Should the line above be if ((1 + pages) % checkpointPageCount)?
+
     {
         ScopedLockType sl (mutex_);
         if (running_)