diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index f28b3cd6e4610891fcb7473460ca2bf75abfc74e..7cc7fed24c6d1ab2ceb5b0892f59d7548c1f3dc5 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ def run_qc(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY', pass_thresh_frac=0.20, icing
         if icing:
             if frac > pass_thresh_frac:
                 keep_idxs.append(idxs[i])
-        elif frac < pass_thresh_frac:
+        elif frac > pass_thresh_frac:
             keep_idxs.append(idxs[i])
 
     print('num valid pireps: ', len(keep_idxs))