diff --git a/src/transformers/models/mctct/modeling_mctct.py b/src/transformers/models/mctct/modeling_mctct.py
index a82493ab31e7..43a45f237725 100755
--- a/src/transformers/models/mctct/modeling_mctct.py
+++ b/src/transformers/models/mctct/modeling_mctct.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)
 
-if not is_torch_less_than_1_9:
+if is_torch_less_than_1_9:
     logger.warning(
         f"You are using torch=={torch.__version__}, but torch>=1.9.0 is required to use MCTCTModel. Please upgrade"
         " torch."