diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c b/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c
index 882124ebb438..a8f6986dcbe5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static int ip6addrlbl_get(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	p = __ipv6_addr_label(net, addr, ipv6_addr_type(addr), ifal->ifal_index);
-	if (p && ip6addrlbl_hold(p))
+	if (p && !ip6addrlbl_hold(p))
 		p = NULL;
 	lseq = ip6addrlbl_table.seq;
 	rcu_read_unlock();