diff --git a/scripts/hostcfgd b/scripts/hostcfgd
index 6d3e1d9e..8f9aa216 100644
--- a/scripts/hostcfgd
+++ b/scripts/hostcfgd
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ class PamLimitsCfg(object):
 
     # Read max_sessions config
     def read_max_sessions_config(self, ssh_server_policies):
-        if ssh_server_policies is not None:
+        if not ssh_server_policies:
             max_sess_cfg = ssh_server_policies.get('max_sessions', 0)
             self.max_sessions = max_sess_cfg if max_sess_cfg != 0 else None