diff --git a/src/util/virprocess.c b/src/util/virprocess.c
index f1924eb5c34d204eddf07ccf00bdf58cd2692d68..8fa7a9b2a4897a59bb2d80754795800f978c2828 100644
--- a/src/util/virprocess.c
+++ b/src/util/virprocess.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ int virProcessGetPids(pid_t pid, size_t *npids, pid_t **pids)
     ret = 0;
 
  cleanup:
-    if (!dir)
+    if (dir)
         closedir(dir);
     VIR_FREE(taskPath);
     if (ret < 0)