diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index fd8b2b5741b14..aec5b492d9475 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ unsigned long shmem_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,
 				return addr;
 			sb = shm_mnt->mnt_sb;
 		}
-		if (SHMEM_SB(sb)->huge != SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER)
+		if (SHMEM_SB(sb)->huge == SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER)
 			return addr;
 	}