diff --git a/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleTransformation.H b/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleTransformation.H
index 6473082baf7..b55f5211eee 100644
--- a/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleTransformation.H
+++ b/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleTransformation.H
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ void copyParticle (const ParticleTileData<T_ParticleType, NAR, NAI>& dst,
     AMREX_ASSERT(dst.m_num_runtime_real == src.m_num_runtime_real);
     AMREX_ASSERT(dst.m_num_runtime_int  == src.m_num_runtime_int );
 
-    if constexpr(!T_ParticleType::is_soa_particle) {
-        dst.m_aos[dst_i] = src.m_aos[src_i];
-    } else {
+    if constexpr(T_ParticleType::is_soa_particle) {
         dst.m_idcpu[dst_i] = src.m_idcpu[src_i];
+    } else {
+        dst.m_aos[dst_i] = src.m_aos[src_i];
     }
     for (int j = 0; j < NAR; ++j) {
         dst.m_rdata[j][dst_i] = src.m_rdata[j][src_i];
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ void swapParticle (const ParticleTileData<T_ParticleType, NAR, NAI>& dst,
     AMREX_ASSERT(dst.m_num_runtime_real == src.m_num_runtime_real);
     AMREX_ASSERT(dst.m_num_runtime_int  == src.m_num_runtime_int );
 
-    if constexpr(!T_ParticleType::is_soa_particle) {
-        amrex::Swap(src.m_aos[src_i], dst.m_aos[dst_i]);
-    } else {
+    if constexpr(T_ParticleType::is_soa_particle) {
         amrex::Swap(src.m_idcpu[src_i], dst.m_idcpu[dst_i]);
+    } else {
+        amrex::Swap(src.m_aos[src_i], dst.m_aos[dst_i]);
     }
     for (int j = 0; j < NAR; ++j) {
         amrex::Swap(dst.m_rdata[j][dst_i], src.m_rdata[j][src_i]);