diff --git a/src/core/audio/hle_core.cpp b/src/core/audio/hle_core.cpp
index 12c8f4c8..1f77974f 100644
--- a/src/core/audio/hle_core.cpp
+++ b/src/core/audio/hle_core.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace Audio {
 			Helpers::panic("Audio: invalid register in HLE frontend");
 		}
 
-		return dspState == DSPState::On;
+		return dspState != DSPState::On;
 	}
 
 	void HLE_DSP::writeProcessPipe(u32 channel, u32 size, u32 buffer) {