diff --git a/src/memberdb/account_backend.py b/src/memberdb/account_backend.py
index ba9f2d6e16951601092884f9a8b0c1f968000c47..21bec9e0b778670fd25911512f1f4f1bccbe703d 100644
--- a/src/memberdb/account_backend.py
+++ b/src/memberdb/account_backend.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def make_home(formdata, member):
   user = member.username
   mail = formdata['email_address'] if formdata['forward'] else ""
   result = subprocess.run(make_home_cmd + [user, mail])
-  if result == 0:
+  if result.returncode == 0:
     return True
   else:
     raise CalledProcessError