diff --git a/cpp/src/prims/transform_e.cuh b/cpp/src/prims/transform_e.cuh
index a34a5a04b49..2cb1a5358b0 100644
--- a/cpp/src/prims/transform_e.cuh
+++ b/cpp/src/prims/transform_e.cuh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ __global__ void transform_e_packed_bool(
     if (local_edge_idx < num_edges) {
       bool compute_predicate = true;
       if constexpr (check_edge_mask) {
-        compute_predicate = (edge_mask & packed_bool_mask(lane_id) != packed_bool_empty_mask());
+        compute_predicate = ((edge_mask & packed_bool_mask(lane_id)) != packed_bool_empty_mask());
       }
 
       if (compute_predicate) {
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ __global__ void transform_e_packed_bool(
     uint32_t new_val = __ballot_sync(raft::warp_full_mask(), predicate);
     if (lane_id == 0) {
       if constexpr (check_edge_mask) {
-        *(edge_partition_e_value_output.value_first() + idx) = new_val;
-      } else {
         auto old_val = *(edge_partition_e_value_output.value_first() + idx);
         *(edge_partition_e_value_output.value_first() + idx) = (old_val & ~edge_mask) | new_val;
+      } else {
+        *(edge_partition_e_value_output.value_first() + idx) = new_val;
       }
     }
 
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ struct update_e_value_t {
 
   __device__ void operator()(typename GraphViewType::edge_type i) const
   {
+    if constexpr (check_edge_mask) {
+      if (!edge_partition_e_mask.get(i)) { return; }
+    }
     auto major_idx    = edge_partition.major_idx_from_local_edge_idx_nocheck(i);
     auto major        = edge_partition.major_from_major_idx_nocheck(major_idx);
     auto major_offset = edge_partition.major_offset_from_major_nocheck(major);