diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index 00e34184b..4c3ba361c 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ _lookup_cached_link (const NMPCache *cache, int ifindex, gboolean *completed_fro
 	if (!*completed_from_cache) {
 		obj = ifindex > 0 && cache ? nmp_cache_lookup_link (cache, ifindex) : NULL;
 
-		if (obj && !obj->_link.netlink.is_in_netlink)
+		if (obj && obj->_link.netlink.is_in_netlink)
 			*link_cached = obj;
 		else
 			*link_cached = NULL;