diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 28b0693b..e8177a30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 * Switch to tomllib/tomli to support heterogeneous arrays (Sebastian Csar, #340).
 * Provide whitelist parity for `MagicMock` and `Mock` (maxrake).
 * Use .gitignore to exclude files if --exclude is missing from both pyproject.toml and the command line (whosayn, #344, #345).
+* Properly detect when no .gitignore is present (travisdart, #346).
 
 # 2.10 (2023-10-06)
 
diff --git a/vulture/core.py b/vulture/core.py
index b118aab3..39f85982 100644
--- a/vulture/core.py
+++ b/vulture/core.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def _ignore_variable(filename, varname):
 
 
 def _get_gitignore_pathspec():
-    if (gitignore := Path(".gitignore").resolve()).is_file:
+    if (gitignore := Path(".gitignore").resolve()).is_file():
         with gitignore.open() as fh:
             return PathSpec.from_lines("gitwildmatch", fh)
     return PathSpec.from_lines("gitwildmatch", [])