diff --git a/umac/tdls/core/src/wlan_tdls_mgmt.c b/umac/tdls/core/src/wlan_tdls_mgmt.c
index c7582196e884..8dfae9f15fee 100644
--- a/umac/tdls/core/src/wlan_tdls_mgmt.c
+++ b/umac/tdls/core/src/wlan_tdls_mgmt.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ QDF_STATUS tdls_process_mgmt_req(
 	 * after the  cmd validation
 	 */
 	tdls_mgmt_req->tdls_mgmt.responder =
-			tdls_mgmt_req->chk_frame->responder;
+			!tdls_mgmt_req->chk_frame->responder;
 	tdls_mgmt_req->tdls_mgmt.status_code =
 			tdls_mgmt_req->chk_frame->status_code;