diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 22e76249..8e5fbc46 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 xbps-0.21 (???):
 
+ * Fix regression introduced in b9136c61c95698a5dafbc69ee9cd873110c68e45,
+   breaking package conflicts detection.
+
  * xbps-install(8): removed the -s,--skip-sync option; the new -S,--sync
    option makes this redundant and useless.
 
diff --git a/lib/package_conflicts.c b/lib/package_conflicts.c
index 709a921f..dd076777 100644
--- a/lib/package_conflicts.c
+++ b/lib/package_conflicts.c
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ xbps_pkg_find_conflicts(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 	trans_cflicts = prop_dictionary_get(xhp->transd, "conflicts");
 	prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(pkg_repod, "pkgver", &repopkgver);
 
-	iter = prop_array_iterator(trans_cflicts);
+	iter = prop_array_iterator(pkg_cflicts);
 	assert(iter);
+
 	while ((obj = prop_object_iterator_next(iter))) {
 		cfpkg = prop_string_cstring_nocopy(obj);
+
 		/*
 		 * Check if current pkg conflicts with an installed package.
 		 */
@@ -61,6 +63,9 @@ xbps_pkg_find_conflicts(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 		    (pkgd = xbps_pkgdb_get_virtualpkg(xhp, cfpkg))) {
 			prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(pkgd,
 			    "pkgver", &pkgver);
+			xbps_dbg_printf(xhp, "found conflicting installed "
+			    "pkg %s with pkg in transaction %s\n", pkgver,
+			    repopkgver);
 			buf = xbps_xasprintf("%s conflicts with "
 			    "installed pkg %s", repopkgver, pkgver);
 			prop_array_add_cstring(trans_cflicts, buf);
@@ -74,6 +79,8 @@ xbps_pkg_find_conflicts(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 		    (pkgd = xbps_find_virtualpkg_in_array(xhp, unsorted, cfpkg))) {
 			prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(pkgd,
 			    "pkgver", &pkgver);
+			xbps_dbg_printf(xhp, "found conflicting pkgs in "
+			    "transaction %s <-> %s\n", pkgver, repopkgver);
 			buf = xbps_xasprintf("%s conflicts with "
 			   "%s in transaction", repopkgver, pkgver);
 			prop_array_add_cstring(trans_cflicts, buf);