diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/LRUQueryCache.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/LRUQueryCache.java
index bea9a21f45a..da881421bf0 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/LRUQueryCache.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/LRUQueryCache.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class LRUQueryCache implements QueryCache, Accountable {
     this.maxSize = maxSize;
     this.maxRamBytesUsed = maxRamBytesUsed;
     this.leavesToCache = leavesToCache;
-    if (skipCacheFactor >= 1 == false) { // NaN >= 1 evaluates true
+    if (skipCacheFactor >= 1 == false) { // NaN >= 1 evaluates false
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("skipCacheFactor must be no less than 1, get " + skipCacheFactor);
     }
     this.skipCacheFactor = skipCacheFactor;