diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mpfs.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mpfs.c
index 6aa3eae575d2ad..ece6de4a6adbd1 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mpfs.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static int mpfs_rtc_settime(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
 	ctrl |= CONTROL_UPLOAD_BIT;
 	writel(ctrl, rtcdev->base + CONTROL_REG);
 
-	ret = read_poll_timeout(readl, prog, prog & CONTROL_UPLOAD_BIT, 0, UPLOAD_TIMEOUT_US,
+	ret = read_poll_timeout(readl, prog, !(prog & CONTROL_UPLOAD_BIT), 0, UPLOAD_TIMEOUT_US,
 				false, rtcdev->base + CONTROL_REG);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "timed out uploading time to rtc");