diff --git a/crates/revm/revm-inspectors/src/tracing/builder/geth.rs b/crates/revm/revm-inspectors/src/tracing/builder/geth.rs
index 2f02b32cfa6f..91db8c2af2d3 100644
--- a/crates/revm/revm-inspectors/src/tracing/builder/geth.rs
+++ b/crates/revm/revm-inspectors/src/tracing/builder/geth.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ impl GethTraceBuilder {
         let account_diffs: Vec<_> =
             state.into_iter().map(|(addr, acc)| (*addr, &acc.info)).collect();
 
-        if prestate_config.is_diff_mode() {
+        if !prestate_config.is_diff_mode() {
             let mut prestate = PreStateMode::default();
             for (addr, _) in account_diffs {
                 let db_acc = db.basic(addr)?.unwrap_or_default();