diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/lazy_tensor.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/lazy_tensor.cpp
index 26455545529a8b..53083e062747ad 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/lazy_tensor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/lazy_tensor.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ ov::Tensor LazyTensorImpl::get_orig_tensor() const {
 }
 
 bool LazyTensorImpl::has_transformations() const {
-    if (m_parent) {
+    if (m_parent == nullptr) {
         return false;
     }
     return true;