diff --git a/include/linux/nvme.h b/include/linux/nvme.h
index bc74da018bdc..25d8225dbd04 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvme.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvme.h
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ static inline bool nvme_is_write(struct nvme_command *cmd)
 	 * Why can't we simply have a Fabrics In and Fabrics out command?
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(cmd->common.opcode == nvme_fabrics_command))
-		return cmd->fabrics.opcode & 1;
+		return cmd->fabrics.fctype & 1;
 	return cmd->common.opcode & 1;
 }