diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 6540e598244412023db650412062604b704b58b3..fbcb3c96a186e8bcf9758189e4d1f17f1bc00cdd 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3967,7 +3967,7 @@ int __init shmem_init(void)
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGE_PAGECACHE
-	if (has_transparent_hugepage() && shmem_huge < SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
+	if (has_transparent_hugepage() && shmem_huge > SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
 		SHMEM_SB(shm_mnt->mnt_sb)->huge = shmem_huge;
 	else
 		shmem_huge = 0; /* just in case it was patched */
@@ -4028,7 +4028,7 @@ static ssize_t shmem_enabled_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	shmem_huge = huge;
-	if (shmem_huge < SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
+	if (shmem_huge > SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
 		SHMEM_SB(shm_mnt->mnt_sb)->huge = shmem_huge;
 	return count;
 }