diff --git a/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend/functions.sh b/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend/functions.sh
index 199faf28f2a5..33d0005e4086 100755
--- a/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend/functions.sh
+++ b/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend/functions.sh
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ get_zpool_name()
     while :
     do
       NEWNAME="${BASENAME}${NUM}"
-      zpool import | grep -qw "${NEWNAME}" && break
+      zpool import | grep -qw "${NEWNAME}" || break
       NUM=$((NUM+1))
     done