diff --git a/google_guest_agent/network/manager/network_manager_linux.go b/google_guest_agent/network/manager/network_manager_linux.go
index 56bd6c41..64b46c4b 100644
--- a/google_guest_agent/network/manager/network_manager_linux.go
+++ b/google_guest_agent/network/manager/network_manager_linux.go
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ func (n *networkManager) IsManaging(ctx context.Context, iface string) (bool, er
 
 	// Check for existence of nmcli. Without nmcli, the agent cannot tell NetworkManager
 	// to reload the configs for its connections.
-	_, err := cliExists("nmcli")
-	if err != nil {
+	exists, err := cliExists("nmcli")
+	if !exists {
 		return false, err
 	}