diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
index ba4cb74de064..1f9dbcf32534 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static inline bool
 rwsem_del_waiter(struct rw_semaphore *sem, struct rwsem_waiter *waiter)
 {
        lockdep_assert_held(&sem->wait_lock);
-       if (__rwsem_del_waiter(sem, waiter))
+       if (!__rwsem_del_waiter(sem, waiter))
                return true;
        atomic_long_andnot(RWSEM_FLAG_HANDOFF | RWSEM_FLAG_WAITERS, &sem->count);
        return false;