diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_tcq.h b/include/scsi/scsi_tcq.h
index cdcc90b07ecb..e64583560701 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_tcq.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_tcq.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static inline void scsi_activate_tcq(struct scsi_device *sdev, int depth)
 		return;
 
 	if (!shost_use_blk_mq(sdev->host) &&
-	    blk_queue_tagged(sdev->request_queue))
+	    !blk_queue_tagged(sdev->request_queue))
 		blk_queue_init_tags(sdev->request_queue, depth,
 				    sdev->host->bqt);