diff --git a/pre_commit/commands/run.py b/pre_commit/commands/run.py
index b1549d41..dbf56410 100644
--- a/pre_commit/commands/run.py
+++ b/pre_commit/commands/run.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def run(runner, store, args, environ=os.environ):
             for _, hook in repo.hooks:
                 if (
                     (not args.hook or hook['id'] == args.hook) and
-                    not hook['stages'] or args.hook_stage in hook['stages']
+                    (not hook['stages'] or args.hook_stage in hook['stages'])
                 ):
                     repo_hooks.append((repo, hook))
 
diff --git a/tests/commands/run_test.py b/tests/commands/run_test.py
index 70a6b6ec..e6258d31 100644
--- a/tests/commands/run_test.py
+++ b/tests/commands/run_test.py
@@ -762,3 +762,34 @@ def test_include_exclude_does_search_instead_of_match(some_filenames):
 def test_include_exclude_exclude_removes_files(some_filenames):
     ret = _filter_by_include_exclude(some_filenames, '', r'\.py$')
     assert ret == ['.pre-commit-hooks.yaml']
+
+
+def test_args_hook_only(cap_out, store, repo_with_passing_hook):
+    config = OrderedDict((
+        ('repo', 'local'),
+        (
+            'hooks', (
+                OrderedDict((
+                    ('id', 'flake8'),
+                    ('name', 'flake8'),
+                    ('entry', "'{}' -m flake8".format(sys.executable)),
+                    ('language', 'system'),
+                    ('stages', ['commit']),
+                )), OrderedDict((
+                    ('id', 'do_not_commit'),
+                    ('name', 'Block if "DO NOT COMMIT" is found'),
+                    ('entry', 'DO NOT COMMIT'),
+                    ('language', 'pygrep'),
+                )),
+            ),
+        ),
+    ))
+    add_config_to_repo(repo_with_passing_hook, config)
+    stage_a_file()
+    ret, printed = _do_run(
+        cap_out,
+        store,
+        repo_with_passing_hook,
+        run_opts(hook='do_not_commit'),
+    )
+    assert b'flake8' not in printed