diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/MultiBalanceReport.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/MultiBalanceReport.hs
index 2945cad85..24f122365 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/MultiBalanceReport.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/MultiBalanceReport.hs
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ acctChanges ReportSpec{_rsQuery=query,_rsReportOpts=ReportOpts{accountlistmode_,
         declaredacctps = 
           [nullposting{paccount=n} | n <- journalLeafAccountNamesDeclared j
                                    , acctq `matchesAccount` n]
-          where acctq  = dbg3 "acctq" $ filterQuery queryIsAcct query
+          where acctq  = dbg3 "acctq" $ filterQueryOrNotQuery queryIsAcct query
 
     filterbydepth = case accountlistmode_ of
       ALTree -> filter ((depthq `matchesAccount`) . aname)    -- a tree - just exclude deeper accounts
diff --git a/hledger/test/balance/balance.test b/hledger/test/balance/balance.test
index 52d0d83ca..f5481bc10 100644
--- a/hledger/test/balance/balance.test
+++ b/hledger/test/balance/balance.test
@@ -212,13 +212,13 @@ account b
 >>>= 0
 
 # 12. not:ACCT queries work with declared accounts.
-# hledger -f - balance -NE --declared not:a
-# <<<
-# account a
-# account a:aa
-# account a:ab
-# account a:ac:aca
-# account b
-# >>>
-#                    0  b
-# >>>= 0
+hledger -f - balance -NE --declared not:a
+<<<
+account a
+account a:aa
+account a:ab
+account a:ac:aca
+account b
+>>>
+                   0  b
+>>>= 0