diff --git a/pkg/ps/snapshotter_windows.go b/pkg/ps/snapshotter_windows.go
index 872b323cc..4582516e4 100644
--- a/pkg/ps/snapshotter_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/ps/snapshotter_windows.go
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ func (s *snapshotter) Find(pid uint32) (bool, *pstypes.PS) {
 	if err := windows.IsWow64Process(process, &isWOW64); err != nil && isWOW64 {
 		proc.IsWOW64 = true
 	}
-	if p, err := sys.QueryInformationProcess[sys.PsProtection](process, sys.ProcessProtectionInformation); err != nil && p != nil {
+	if p, err := sys.QueryInformationProcess[sys.PsProtection](process, sys.ProcessProtectionInformation); err == nil && p != nil {
 		proc.IsProtected = p.IsProtected()
 	}
 	proc.IsPackaged = sys.IsProcessPackaged(process)