diff --git a/net/sched/ematch.c b/net/sched/ematch.c
index 3a633debb6df..ad57f4444b9c 100644
--- a/net/sched/ematch.c
+++ b/net/sched/ematch.c
@@ -526,9 +526,11 @@ pop_stack:
 		match_idx = stack[--stackp];
 		cur_match = tcf_em_get_match(tree, match_idx);
 
-		if (tcf_em_early_end(cur_match, res))
+		if (tcf_em_early_end(cur_match, res)) {
+			if (tcf_em_is_inverted(cur_match))
+				res = !res;
 			goto pop_stack;
-		else {
+		} else {
 			match_idx++;
 			goto proceed;
 		}