diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/AbstractSearchAsyncAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/AbstractSearchAsyncAction.java
index ed8b5f023a9dd..9e1d065c96dd6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/AbstractSearchAsyncAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/AbstractSearchAsyncAction.java
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ private void setCurrentPhase(SearchPhase phase) {
         // onPhaseStart / onPhaseFailure / OnPhaseDone callbacks and the wrapping SearchPhase is being abandoned
         // (fe, has no onPhaseEnd callbacks called ever). To fix that, we would not send any notifications for this
         // phase.
-        currentPhaseHasLifecycle = !(phase instanceof WrappingSearchAsyncActionPhase);
+        currentPhaseHasLifecycle = ((phase instanceof WrappingSearchAsyncActionPhase) == false);
     }
 
     @Override