diff --git a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
index 3dd62f782..5fe9c2077 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
@@ -2843,7 +2843,7 @@ MySrvC *MyHGC::get_random_MySrvC(char * gtid_uuid, uint64_t gtid_trxid, int max_
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		if (max_lag_ms) { // we are using AWS Aurora, as this logic is implemented only here
+		if (max_lag_ms > 0) { // we are using AWS Aurora, as this logic is implemented only here
 			unsigned int min_num_replicas = sess->thread->variables.aurora_max_lag_ms_only_read_from_replicas;
 			if (min_num_replicas) {
 				if (num_candidates >= min_num_replicas) { // there are at least N replicas