diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f27da4d1c..c13d8a757d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ however, insignificant breaking changes do not guarantee a major version bump, s
 - Guild icons in embed footers and author urls now have a fixed size of 128. ([PR #3261](https://github.com/modmail-dev/modmail/pull/3261))
 - Discord.py internal logging is now enabled by default. ([PR #3216](https://github.com/modmail-dev/Modmail/pull/3216))
 - The confirm-thread-creation dialog now uses buttons instead of reactions. ([PR #3273](https://github.com/modmail-dev/Modmail/pull/3273))
+- `?disable all` no longer overrides `?disable new`. ([PR #3278](https://github.com/modmail-dev/Modmail/pull/3278))
 
 ### Internal
 - Renamed `Bot.log_file_name` to `Bot.log_file_path`. Log files are now created at `temp/logs/modmail.log`. ([PR #3216](https://github.com/modmail-dev/Modmail/pull/3216))
diff --git a/cogs/modmail.py b/cogs/modmail.py
index 33086116c5..445015e4de 100644
--- a/cogs/modmail.py
+++ b/cogs/modmail.py
@@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@ async def disable_new(self, ctx):
             description="Modmail will not create any new threads.",
             color=self.bot.main_color,
         )
-        if self.bot.config["dm_disabled"] < DMDisabled.NEW_THREADS:
+        if self.bot.config["dm_disabled"] != DMDisabled.NEW_THREADS:
             self.bot.config["dm_disabled"] = DMDisabled.NEW_THREADS
             await self.bot.config.update()