diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/communicator.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/communicator.cc
index eeab787cc31545e63547d343f5ffca3ca60c822d..683d4ca98aad9e241fa3654b8b76c555207fb543 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/communicator.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/communicator.cc
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void Communicator::SendThread() {
 }
 
 void Communicator::RecvNonIndependent() {
-  if (!FLAGS_communicator_independent_recv_thread) {
+  if (FLAGS_communicator_independent_recv_thread) {
     return;
   }