diff --git a/ioport.c b/ioport.c
index 8c55a84..263fe50 100644
--- a/ioport.c
+++ b/ioport.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ bool kvm__emulate_io(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu, u16 port, void *data, int direction,
 	while (count--) {
 		if (direction == KVM_EXIT_IO_IN && ops->io_in)
 				ret = ops->io_in(entry, vcpu, port, ptr, size);
-		else if (ops->io_out)
+		else if (direction == KVM_EXIT_IO_OUT && ops->io_out)
 				ret = ops->io_out(entry, vcpu, port, ptr, size);
 
 		ptr += size;