diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/protection/DelayedRegionOverlapAssociation.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/protection/DelayedRegionOverlapAssociation.java
index 0b2d7fc0..953b5e69 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/protection/DelayedRegionOverlapAssociation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/protection/DelayedRegionOverlapAssociation.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import com.sk89q.worldguard.protection.ApplicableRegionSet;
 import com.sk89q.worldguard.protection.association.RegionAssociable;
 import com.sk89q.worldguard.protection.regions.ProtectedRegion;
-import com.sk89q.worldguard.protection.regions.RegionType;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ public Association getAssociation(ProtectedRegion region) {
             source = result.getRegions();
         }
 
-        if ((region.getType() == RegionType.GLOBAL && source.isEmpty()) || source.contains(region)) {
+        if ((region.getId().equals(ProtectedRegion.GLOBAL_REGION) && source.isEmpty()) || source.contains(region)) {
             return Association.OWNER;
         } else {
             return Association.NON_MEMBER;