diff --git a/python/pyspark/pandas/config.py b/python/pyspark/pandas/config.py
index b03f2e13790e5..a89c8dda3ddf6 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/pandas/config.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/pandas/config.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def validate(self, v: Any) -> None:
         default=1000,
         types=int,
         check_func=(
-            lambda v: v is v >= 0,
+            lambda v: v >= 0,
             "'plotting.max_rows' should be greater than or equal to 0.",
         ),
     ),