diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index f3ec1cfb0de1..3c13e46d7d24 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3454,7 +3454,7 @@ static int tracing_wait_pipe(struct file *filp)
 			return -EINTR;
 
 		/*
-		 * We block until we read something and tracing is enabled.
+		 * We block until we read something and tracing is disabled.
 		 * We still block if tracing is disabled, but we have never
 		 * read anything. This allows a user to cat this file, and
 		 * then enable tracing. But after we have read something,
@@ -3462,7 +3462,7 @@ static int tracing_wait_pipe(struct file *filp)
 		 *
 		 * iter->pos will be 0 if we haven't read anything.
 		 */
-		if (tracing_is_enabled() && iter->pos)
+		if (!tracing_is_enabled() && iter->pos)
 			break;
 	}