diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/jdi/LocalVariablesUtil.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/jdi/LocalVariablesUtil.java
index ece55db60cb5..a4a06494947f 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/jdi/LocalVariablesUtil.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/jdi/LocalVariablesUtil.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// Copyright 2000-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.debugger.jdi;
 
 import com.intellij.debugger.SourcePosition;
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ public class LocalVariablesUtil {
       throw e;
     }
     catch (Exception e) {
-      if (vm.canBeModified()) { // do not care in read only vms
+      if (!vm.canBeModified()) { // do not care in read only vms
         LOG.debug(e);
       }
       else {