diff --git a/couchbase2/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/couchbase2/Couchbase2Client.java b/couchbase2/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/couchbase2/Couchbase2Client.java
index 8e767096dc1361f01d0294c2423910f9d9597b41..be38888f31537b489f74eec6fb780570c7b55048 100644
--- a/couchbase2/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/couchbase2/Couchbase2Client.java
+++ b/couchbase2/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/couchbase2/Couchbase2Client.java
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ public class Couchbase2Client extends DB {
       for (Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JsonNode>> jsonFields = json.fields(); jsonFields.hasNext();) {
         Map.Entry<String, JsonNode> jsonField = jsonFields.next();
         String name = jsonField.getKey();
-        if (checkFields && fields.contains(name)) {
+        if (!(checkFields && fields.contains(name))) {
           continue;
         }
         JsonNode jsonValue = jsonField.getValue();