diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/graph/DexClass.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/graph/DexClass.java
index d9940f3..b229074 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/graph/DexClass.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/graph/DexClass.java
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
 
   public boolean defaultValuesForStaticFieldsMayTriggerAllocation() {
     return Arrays.stream(staticFields())
-        .anyMatch(field -> !field.getStaticValue().mayTriggerAllocation());
+        .anyMatch(field -> field.getStaticValue().mayTriggerAllocation());
   }
 
   public List<InnerClassAttribute> getInnerClasses() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/optimize/inliner/InlineWithSimpleFieldNoValue.java b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/optimize/inliner/InlineWithSimpleFieldNoValue.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eac5881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/optimize/inliner/InlineWithSimpleFieldNoValue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package com.android.tools.r8.ir.optimize.inliner;
+
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertTrue;
+
+import com.android.tools.r8.R8TestRunResult;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestBase;
+import com.android.tools.r8.utils.StringUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+class TestClass {
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    System.out.println(InlineFrom.getValue());
+    InlineFrom.value = 43;
+    System.out.println(InlineFrom.value);
+  }
+}
+
+// Simple class, with no clinit and no static field initialization.
+// We should always inline getValue()
+// We ensure that we use value.
+class InlineFrom {
+  public static int value;
+
+  public static int getValue() {
+    return 42;
+  }
+}
+
+public class InlineWithSimpleFieldNoValue extends TestBase {
+  @Test
+  public void test() throws Exception {
+    R8TestRunResult result = testForR8(Backend.DEX)
+        .addKeepMainRule(TestClass.class)
+        .addProgramClasses(TestClass.class, InlineFrom.class)
+        .run(TestClass.class)
+        .assertSuccessWithOutput(StringUtils.lines("42", "43"));
+    assertTrue(result.inspector().clazz(InlineFrom.class).allMethods().isEmpty());
+  }
+}