diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/expression.js b/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/expression.js
index 47a34a18ea..135aa2bd33 100644
--- a/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/expression.js
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/expression.js
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ export default class ExpressionParser extends LValParser {
           node = this.startNode();
 
           if (
-            "smart" !== this.getPluginOption("pipelineOperator", "proposal")
+            this.getPluginOption("pipelineOperator", "proposal") !== "smart"
           ) {
             this.raise(
               node.start,