diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
index 7065658fd7ee50c9345e509286f4cdcdbe1bbfdc..7eb62ec6c583751de8b400b09f43f585a713c17d 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ struct pblk_line *pblk_line_replace_data(struct pblk *pblk)
 retry_setup:
 	if (!pblk_line_set_metadata(pblk, new, cur)) {
 		new = pblk_line_retry(pblk, new);
-		if (new)
+		if (!new)
 			return NULL;
 
 		goto retry_setup;