diff --git a/components/cmake/common_setup.cmake b/components/cmake/common_setup.cmake
index fbeb2a30c68f..1418ed4bb7bc 100644
--- a/components/cmake/common_setup.cmake
+++ b/components/cmake/common_setup.cmake
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ set(CPPDEFS "${CPPDEFS} ${USER_CPPDEFS} -D${OS}")
 
 # SLIBS comes from Macros, so this append must come after Macros are included
 
-if (DEBUG)
+if (NOT DEBUG)
   set(CPPDEFS "${CPPDEFS} -DNDEBUG")
 endif()