diff --git a/src/utils/irc/__init__.py b/src/utils/irc/__init__.py
index c14364a7..2dc7296b 100644
--- a/src/utils/irc/__init__.py
+++ b/src/utils/irc/__init__.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def parse_line(line: str) -> IRCParsedLine:
 
         for tag in filter(None, tags_prefix.split(";")):
             tag, sep, value = tag.partition("=")
-            if sep:
+            if value:
                 tags[tag] = message_tag_unescape(value)
             else:
                 tags[tag] = None