diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-setup b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-setup
index 586c68a80..ee74d1056 100755
--- a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-setup
+++ b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-setup
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ if DEFAULTPOLICY=$(fleet_api "outputs/fleet-default-output"); then
     fleet_default=$(echo "$DEFAULTPOLICY" | jq -er '.item.is_default')
     fleet_default_monitoring=$(echo "$DEFAULTPOLICY" | jq -er '.item.is_default_monitoring')
 #   Check that fleet-default-output isn't configured as a default for anything ( both variables return false )
-    if [[ $fleet_default ]] && [[ $fleet_default_monitoring ]]; then
+    if [[ ! $fleet_default ]] && [[ ! $fleet_default_monitoring ]]; then
         echo -e "\nso-manager_elasticsearch is configured as the current default policy..."
     else
         echo -e "\nVerification of so-manager_elasticsearch policy failed... The default 'fleet-default-output' output is still active..."