diff --git a/testsuite/features/step_definitions/command_steps.rb b/testsuite/features/step_definitions/command_steps.rb
index a67ff7a7a67..1db63f4f0ab 100644
--- a/testsuite/features/step_definitions/command_steps.rb
+++ b/testsuite/features/step_definitions/command_steps.rb
@@ -579,10 +579,10 @@
   end
   server.run('chmod +x /etc/ipmi/fake_ipmi_host.sh', verbose: true, check_errors: true)
   # Check if ipmi_sim is already running
-  if server.run('pgrep -f ipmi_sim', verbose: false, check_errors: false)[1] != 0
-    server.run('ipmi_sim -n < /dev/null > /dev/null &', verbose: true, check_errors: true)
-  else
+  if server.run('pgrep -f ipmi_sim', verbose: false, check_errors: false)[1] == 0
     log 'ipmi_sim is already running; skipping startup.'
+  else
+    server.run('ipmi_sim -n < /dev/null > /dev/null &', verbose: true, check_errors: true)
   end
 end