diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
index f806da184b51..caed42bf7ef5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static void ib_uverbs_async_handler(struct ib_uverbs_file *file,
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&file->async_file->lock, flags);
-	if (!file->async_file->is_closed) {
+	if (file->async_file->is_closed) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&file->async_file->lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}