diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp
index 85f3e2e0e419b1eca7323e52f526d1b4cede0a94..f37ea34c46d3dc040bcb6d2df29aa7e66c2d5ea2 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ JNI_ENTRY(jint, jni_PushLocalFrame(JNIEnv *env, jint capacity))
                                    env, capacity);
 #endif /* USDT2 */
   //%note jni_11
-  if (capacity < 0 && capacity > MAX_REASONABLE_LOCAL_CAPACITY) {
+  if (capacity < 0 || capacity > MAX_REASONABLE_LOCAL_CAPACITY) {
 #ifndef USDT2
     DTRACE_PROBE1(hotspot_jni, PushLocalFrame__return, JNI_ERR);
 #else /* USDT2 */