diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 54dfe4f10f43..3791f642c502 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	p9_omode = v9fs_uflags2omode(flags, v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses));
 
 	if ((v9ses->cache & CACHE_WRITEBACK) && (p9_omode & P9_OWRITE)) {
-		p9_omode = (p9_omode & !P9_OWRITE) | P9_ORDWR;
+		p9_omode = (p9_omode & ~P9_OWRITE) | P9_ORDWR;
 		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_CACHE,
 			"write-only file with writeback enabled, creating w/ O_RDWR\n");
 	}
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index f9371b5b70ea..3acf2bcb69cc 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_atomic_open_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 	if ((v9ses->cache & CACHE_WRITEBACK) && (p9_omode & P9_OWRITE)) {
-		p9_omode = (p9_omode & !P9_OWRITE) | P9_ORDWR;
+		p9_omode = (p9_omode & ~P9_OWRITE) | P9_ORDWR;
 		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_CACHE,
 			"write-only file with writeback enabled, creating w/ O_RDWR\n");
 	}