diff --git a/evergreen/todos_check.sh b/evergreen/todos_check.sh
index 7fc97f063f3..42c20a20547 100644
--- a/evergreen/todos_check.sh
+++ b/evergreen/todos_check.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set -o errexit
 # Since `commit_message` is an evergreen expansion, we need a way to ensure we
 # properly deal with any special characters that could cause issues (like "). To
 # do this, we will write it out to a file, then read that file into a variable.
-if [ "${is_commit_queue}" = "true" ]; then
+if [ "${is_commit_queue}" == "true" ]; then
   cat > commit_message.txt << END_OF_COMMIT_MSG
 ${commit_message}
 END_OF_COMMIT_MSG
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ END_OF_COMMIT_MSG
   rm commit_message.txt
 
   $python buildscripts/todo_check.py --commit-message "$commit_message_content"
-else
+elif [ "${is_patch}" == "true" ]; then
   $python buildscripts/todo_check.py --patch-build ${version_id}
 fi