diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index 4d7d2070e9c85..ce94e5668ac2c 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static int p9_get_mapped_pages(struct virtio_chan *chan,
 	if (!iov_iter_count(data))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (iov_iter_is_kvec(data)) {
+	if (!iov_iter_is_kvec(data)) {
 		int n;
 		/*
 		 * We allow only p9_max_pages pinned. We wait for the