diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 01f39e13c..a6d686b9a 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class State:
         """sets self.current_image from self.current_latent if enough sampling steps have been made after the last call to this"""
         if not parallel_processing_allowed:
             return
-        if self.sampling_step - self.current_image_sampling_step >= opts.show_progress_every_n_steps and opts.live_previews_enable and opts.show_progress_every_n_steps != -1:
+        if abs(self.sampling_step - self.current_image_sampling_step) >= opts.show_progress_every_n_steps and opts.live_previews_enable and opts.show_progress_every_n_steps > 0:
             self.do_set_current_image()
 
     def do_set_current_image(self):