diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/storage/StorageManager.cpp b/cmds/statsd/src/storage/StorageManager.cpp
index a95e899354c93..62f06a760656a 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/storage/StorageManager.cpp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/storage/StorageManager.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ using std::unique_ptr;
 
 void StorageManager::writeFile(const char* file, const void* buffer, int numBytes) {
     int fd = open(file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
-    if (fd != -1) {
+    if (fd == -1) {
         VLOG("Attempt to access %s but failed", file);
         return;
     }