diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py
index ec374eb9eb..c29d0cff5b 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ class PaypalMethod(BasePaymentProvider):
         try:
             if (
                     payment.info
-                    and payment.info_data['purchase_units'][0]['payments']['captures'][0]['status'] == 'pending'
+                    and payment.info_data['purchase_units'][0]['payments']['captures'][0]['status'] == 'PENDING'
             ):
                 retry = False
         except (KeyError, IndexError):