diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Form/FormDataProvider/TcaSelectItems.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Form/FormDataProvider/TcaSelectItems.php
index 9cd3b37dca88cb6a7f3980554e1a8e1c8089e9f8..19941bfb8678f9a64c07e83495c94627a7a58542 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Form/FormDataProvider/TcaSelectItems.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Form/FormDataProvider/TcaSelectItems.php
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class TcaSelectItems extends AbstractItemProvider implements FormDataProviderInt
 
             // Translate labels
             // skip file of sys_file_metadata which is not rendered anyway but can use all memory
-            if ($table !== 'sys_file_metadata' && $fieldName !== 'file') {
+            if (!($table === 'sys_file_metadata' && $fieldName === 'file')) {
                 $fieldConfig['config']['items'] = $this->translateLabels($result, $fieldConfig['config']['items'], $table, $fieldName);
             }