diff --git a/extensions/github/src/pushErrorHandler.ts b/extensions/github/src/pushErrorHandler.ts
index cf353805105..37f138caffb 100644
--- a/extensions/github/src/pushErrorHandler.ts
+++ b/extensions/github/src/pushErrorHandler.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async function handlePushError(repository: Repository, remote: Remote, refspec:
 	const no = localize('no', "No");
 
 	const answer = await window.showInformationMessage(localize('fork', "You don't have permissions to push to '{0}/{1}' on GitHub. Would you like to create a fork and push to it instead?", owner, repo), yes, no);
-	if (answer === no) {
+	if (answer !== yes) {
 		return;
 	}