diff --git a/org.eclipse.m2e.core/src/org/eclipse/m2e/core/internal/builder/MavenBuilderImpl.java b/org.eclipse.m2e.core/src/org/eclipse/m2e/core/internal/builder/MavenBuilderImpl.java
index b6fbb84e3..931bbd80f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.m2e.core/src/org/eclipse/m2e/core/internal/builder/MavenBuilderImpl.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.m2e.core/src/org/eclipse/m2e/core/internal/builder/MavenBuilderImpl.java
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ private boolean hasRelevantDelta(IMavenProjectFacade projectFacade, IResourceDel
         if(buildOutputLocation.isPrefixOf(fullPath)) {
           //anything in the build output is not interesting for a change as it is produced by the build
           // ... unless a classpath resource that existed before has been deleted, possibly by another builder
-          if(!resource.exists() && isOutputOrTestOutput.test(fullPath)) {
+          if(isOutputOrTestOutput.test(fullPath) && !resource.exists()) {
             hasRelevantDelta.set(true);
             return false;
           }