diff --git a/include/SDL3/SDL_begin_code.h b/include/SDL3/SDL_begin_code.h
index 79035b72a5..6628b49b91 100644
--- a/include/SDL3/SDL_begin_code.h
+++ b/include/SDL3/SDL_begin_code.h
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 
 /* `restrict` is from C99, but __restrict works with both Visual Studio and GCC. */
 #ifndef SDL_RESTRICT
-#  if defined(restrict) || ((defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && (__STDC_VERSION__ < 199901)))
+#  if defined(restrict) || ((defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901)))
 #    defined SDL_RESTRICT restrict
 #  elif defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
 #    define SDL_RESTRICT __restrict