diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/refcount.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/refcount.c
index 4e1bf23e5b89..f2addaf13c58 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/refcount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/refcount.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ xchk_refcount_mergeable(
 	const struct xfs_refcount_irec	*r1 = &rrc->prev_rec;
 
 	/* Ignore if prev_rec is not yet initialized. */
-	if (r1->rc_blockcount > 0)
+	if (r1->rc_blockcount == 0)
 		return false;
 
 	if (r1->rc_domain != r2->rc_domain)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/rtrefcount.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/rtrefcount.c
index 4e7c540c8d23..de100178f41c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/rtrefcount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/rtrefcount.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ xchk_rtrefcount_mergeable(
 	const struct xfs_refcount_irec	*r1 = &rrc->prev_rec;
 
 	/* Ignore if prev_rec is not yet initialized. */
-	if (r1->rc_blockcount > 0)
+	if (r1->rc_blockcount == 0)
 		return false;
 
 	if (r1->rc_startblock + r1->rc_blockcount != r2->rc_startblock)