diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable.h
index 9a33b8bd842d..c32cb88a1575 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable.h
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static inline int __ptep_test_and_clear_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	unsigned long old;
 
-	if (pte_young(*ptep))
+	if (!pte_young(*ptep))
 		return 0;
 	old = pte_update(mm, addr, ptep, _PAGE_ACCESSED, 0, 0);
 	return (old & _PAGE_ACCESSED) != 0;