diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/classes/FeedSub.php b/plugins/OStatus/classes/FeedSub.php
index d0ac83b56d..e5acc0ab68 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/classes/FeedSub.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/classes/FeedSub.php
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ class FeedSub extends Managed_DataObject
     {
         $fs = new FeedSub();
         // the "" empty string check is because we historically haven't saved unsubscribed feeds as NULL
-        $fs->whereAdd('sub_end IS NOT NULL AND sub_end!="" AND sub_end < NOW() - INTERVAL 1 day');
+        $fs->whereAdd('sub_end IS NOT NULL AND sub_end!="" AND sub_end < NOW() + INTERVAL 1 day');
         if (!$fs->find()) { // find can be both false and 0, depending on why nothing was found
             throw new NoResultException($fs);
         }