diff --git a/tiledb/sm/filter/filter_create.cc b/tiledb/sm/filter/filter_create.cc
index 7d424c0c0c1..588c66de1a7 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/filter/filter_create.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/filter/filter_create.cc
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ shared_ptr<tiledb::sm::Filter> tiledb::sm::FilterCreate::deserialize(
       uint8_t compressor_char = deserializer.read<uint8_t>();
       int compression_level = deserializer.read<int32_t>();
       Datatype reinterpret_type = Datatype::ANY;
-      if (version >= 20 && (filtertype == FilterType::FILTER_DELTA ||
-                            filtertype == FilterType::FILTER_DOUBLE_DELTA)) {
+      if ((version >= 20 && filtertype == FilterType::FILTER_DOUBLE_DELTA) ||
+          (version >= 19 && filtertype == FilterType::FILTER_DELTA)) {
         uint8_t reinterpret = deserializer.read<uint8_t>();
         reinterpret_type = static_cast<Datatype>(reinterpret);
       }