diff --git a/lib/hostip6.c b/lib/hostip6.c
index 8ddcd84b1a83ab0068f45e08b0562ad787b7c10d..8b3f6114660cb29e7e97a76882ebcc57a24ee3e4 100644
--- a/lib/hostip6.c
+++ b/lib/hostip6.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ bool Curl_ipvalid(struct SessionHandle *data)
   if(data->set.ip_version == CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6) {
     /* see if we have an IPv6 stack */
     curl_socket_t s = socket(PF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
-    if (s != CURL_SOCKET_BAD)
+    if (s == CURL_SOCKET_BAD)
       /* an ipv6 address was requested and we can't get/use one */
       return FALSE;
     sclose(s);