diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 60bc9685e149..c5e9a855502d 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ static int proc_dostring_coredump(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	ssize_t retval;
 	char old_core_pattern[CORENAME_MAX_SIZE];
 
-	if (write)
+	if (!write)
 		return proc_dostring(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
 	retval = strscpy(old_core_pattern, core_pattern, CORENAME_MAX_SIZE);
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index e861a4b7ffda..a69a2673f631 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ static int proc_dointvec_minmax_coredump(const struct ctl_table *table, int writ
 {
 	int error = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
-	if (!error && !write)
+	if (!error && write)
 		validate_coredump_safety();
 	return error;
 }