diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
index a2ae936a093e4f91d4def96fff0dd46e6e0226c0..79c78668258ede202086c072c63352ca14585903 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(riscv_flush_icache, uintptr_t, start, uintptr_t, end,
 	bool local = (flags & SYS_RISCV_FLUSH_ICACHE_LOCAL) != 0;
 
 	/* Check the reserved flags. */
-	if (unlikely(flags & !SYS_RISCV_FLUSH_ICACHE_ALL))
+	if (unlikely(flags & ~SYS_RISCV_FLUSH_ICACHE_ALL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	flush_icache_mm(mm, local);