diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_exec.c b/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
index e3db188d5c1f..ca1b9798d6c4 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ exec_map_first_page(imgp)
 			if ((ma[i] = vm_page_next(ma[i - 1])) != NULL) {
 				if (ma[i]->valid)
 					break;
-				if (vm_page_tryxbusy(ma[i]))
+				if (!vm_page_tryxbusy(ma[i]))
 					break;
 			} else {
 				ma[i] = vm_page_alloc(object, i,