diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SolrCLI.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SolrCLI.java
index b0d31863d5f..0010d1e4df4 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SolrCLI.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SolrCLI.java
@@ -3268,7 +3268,7 @@ public class SolrCLI {
       if (cli.hasOption("s")) {
         if (assertSolrRunning(cli.getOptionValue("s")) > 0) return 1;
       }
-      if (cli.hasOption("s")) {
+      if (cli.hasOption("S")) {
         if (assertSolrNotRunning(cli.getOptionValue("S")) > 0) return 1;
       }
       return 0;