diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index f8d430f88d25c2..f9269ae6da9c77 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *bfq_pool;
  * containing only random (seeky) I/O are prevented from being tagged
  * as soft real-time.
  */
-#define BFQQ_TOTALLY_SEEKY(bfqq)	(bfqq->seek_history & -1)
+#define BFQQ_TOTALLY_SEEKY(bfqq)	(bfqq->seek_history == -1)
 
 /* Min number of samples required to perform peak-rate update */
 #define BFQ_RATE_MIN_SAMPLES	32