diff --git a/src/components/hand-poses.js b/src/components/hand-poses.js
index b41661c372aaa49823d9a71d6daafef63ba16a6c..7a0f9a4d26ddb022fbf5e5e51ee26fb01eef1772 100644
--- a/src/components/hand-poses.js
+++ b/src/components/hand-poses.js
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent("hand-pose", {
     if (
       !this.networkedAvatar ||
       !this.networkedAvatar.data ||
-      !this.networkedAvatar.data[`${this.id}_hand_pose`] !== this.pose
-    )
+      this.networkedAvatar.data[`${this.id}_hand_pose`] === this.pose
+    ) {
       return;
+    }
 
     this.animatePose(NETWORK_POSES[this.pose], NETWORK_POSES[this.networkedAvatar.data[`${this.id}_hand_pose`]]);
     this.pose = this.networkedAvatar.data[`${this.id}_hand_pose`];