diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/CompositeDataTypeImpl.java b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/CompositeDataTypeImpl.java
index 57b0eedaa9..dedcad2a3e 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/CompositeDataTypeImpl.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/CompositeDataTypeImpl.java
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ public abstract class CompositeDataTypeImpl extends GenericDataType implements C
 	}
 
 	private void setStoredPackingValue(int packingValue) {
-		if (minimumAlignment < NO_PACKING) {
+		if (packingValue < NO_PACKING) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid packing value: " + packingValue);
 		}
 		if (packingValue == this.packing) {