diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index cee5557d85..0de7ffda76 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -7470,7 +7470,7 @@ qemuDomainSetNumaParameters(virDomainPtr dom,
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                if ((rc = virCgroupSetCpusetMems(priv->cgroup, nodeset_str) != 0)) {
+                if ((rc = virCgroupSetCpusetMems(priv->cgroup, nodeset_str)) != 0) {
                     virReportSystemError(-rc, "%s",
                                          _("unable to set numa tunable"));
                     virBitmapFree(nodeset);