diff --git a/net/mptcp/ctrl.c b/net/mptcp/ctrl.c
index e8ffa62ec183..d96130e49942 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/ctrl.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/ctrl.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ void mptcp_active_enable(struct sock *sk)
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		dst = __sk_dst_get(sk);
 		dev = dst ? dst_dev_rcu(dst) : NULL;
-		if (dev && (dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK))
+		if (!(dev && (dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK)))
 			atomic_set(&pernet->active_disable_times, 0);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}