diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
index 1bf891bd321aa2e0d19bb79e2e217376d31f5e09..4f361b77c749a718621c8767ec97663e43a7c87f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ int ll_md_blocking_ast(struct ldlm_lock *lock, struct ldlm_lock_desc *desc,
 
 		if ((bits & (MDS_INODELOCK_LOOKUP | MDS_INODELOCK_PERM)) &&
 		    inode->i_sb->s_root != NULL &&
-		    is_root_inode(inode))
+		    !is_root_inode(inode))
 			ll_invalidate_aliases(inode);
 
 		iput(inode);