diff --git a/app/Helper/TaskHelper.php b/app/Helper/TaskHelper.php
index 32f2a9ae4..678b4bedc 100644
--- a/app/Helper/TaskHelper.php
+++ b/app/Helper/TaskHelper.php
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class TaskHelper extends Base
     {
         $html = '';
 
-        if ($project['priority_end'] > $project['priority_start']) {
+        if ($project['priority_end'] != $project['priority_start']) {
             $range = range($project['priority_start'], $project['priority_end']);
             $options = array_combine($range, $range);
             $values += array('priority' => $project['priority_default']);
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class TaskHelper extends Base
     {
         $html = '';
 
-        if ($project['priority_end'] > $project['priority_start']) {
+        if ($project['priority_end'] != $project['priority_start']) {
             $html .= '<span class="task-board-priority" title="'.t('Task priority').'">';
             $html .= $task['priority'] >= 0 ? 'P'.$task['priority'] : '-P'.abs($task['priority']);
             $html .= '</span>';