diff --git a/dist/common/scripts/scylla_selinux_setup b/dist/common/scripts/scylla_selinux_setup
index 0c46012861..9d652bfd3f 100755
--- a/dist/common/scripts/scylla_selinux_setup
+++ b/dist/common/scripts/scylla_selinux_setup
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 . /usr/lib/scylla/scylla_lib.sh
 
-if is_debian_variant; then
+if ! is_debian_variant; then
     if [ "`sestatus | awk '{print $3}'`" != "disabled" ]; then
         setenforce 0
         sed -e "s/enforcing/disabled/" /etc/sysconfig/selinux > /tmp/selinux