diff --git a/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c b/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
index 5b07b7be1561..48d6a97e171a 100644
--- a/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
+++ b/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ static void _sde_encoder_rc_restart_delayed(struct sde_encoder_virt *sde_enc,
 	struct msm_drm_thread *disp_thread;
 
 	/* return early if called from esd thread */
-	if (!sde_enc->delay_kickoff)
+	if (sde_enc->delay_kickoff)
 		return;
 
 	/* set idle timeout based on master connector's lp value */