diff --git a/gcc/config/sh/sh.md b/gcc/config/sh/sh.md
index 484a34fe443837fba813bb7ca432a7a45f9ae0d8..193f40d4419584807369b5d519e49c2fccccdb98 100644
--- a/gcc/config/sh/sh.md
+++ b/gcc/config/sh/sh.md
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@
   if (SUBREG_P (reg))
     reg = SUBREG_REG (reg);
   gcc_assert (REG_P (reg));
-  if (find_regno_note (curr_insn, REG_DEAD, REGNO (reg)) != NULL_RTX)
+  if (find_regno_note (curr_insn, REG_DEAD, REGNO (reg)) == NULL_RTX)
     FAIL;
 
   /* FIXME: Maybe also search the predecessor basic blocks to catch