diff --git a/target/m68k/m68k-semi.c b/target/m68k/m68k-semi.c
index 44ec7e4612..c5c164e096 100644
--- a/target/m68k/m68k-semi.c
+++ b/target/m68k/m68k-semi.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ void do_m68k_semihosting(CPUM68KState *env, int nr)
             qemu_timeval tv;
             struct gdb_timeval *p;
             result = qemu_gettimeofday(&tv);
-            if (result != 0) {
+            if (result == 0) {
                 if (!(p = lock_user(VERIFY_WRITE,
                                     arg0, sizeof(struct gdb_timeval), 0))) {
                     /* FIXME - check error code? */
diff --git a/target/nios2/nios2-semi.c b/target/nios2/nios2-semi.c
index fe5598bae4..5a7ad0c710 100644
--- a/target/nios2/nios2-semi.c
+++ b/target/nios2/nios2-semi.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ void do_nios2_semihosting(CPUNios2State *env)
             qemu_timeval tv;
             struct gdb_timeval *p;
             result = qemu_gettimeofday(&tv);
-            if (result != 0) {
+            if (result == 0) {
                 p = lock_user(VERIFY_WRITE, arg0, sizeof(struct gdb_timeval),
                               0);
                 if (!p) {