diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpufreq-info.c b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpufreq-info.c
index 7d3732f5f2f6..5fe01e516817 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpufreq-info.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpufreq-info.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static int get_freq_hardware(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int human)
 {
 	unsigned long freq;
 
-	if (cpupower_cpu_info.caps & CPUPOWER_CAP_APERF)
+	if (!(cpupower_cpu_info.caps & CPUPOWER_CAP_APERF))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	freq = cpufreq_get_freq_hardware(cpu);