diff --git a/net/ceph/mon_client.c b/net/ceph/mon_client.c
index 1547107f48544e9690319e4fe9415968448a9f87..b3dac24412d34cbe2e3616371db9fe9838ce550f 100644
--- a/net/ceph/mon_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/mon_client.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct ceph_monmap *ceph_monmap_decode(void *p, void *end)
 	num_mon = ceph_decode_32(&p);
 	ceph_decode_need(&p, end, num_mon*sizeof(m->mon_inst[0]), bad);
 
-	if (num_mon >= CEPH_MAX_MON)
+	if (num_mon > CEPH_MAX_MON)
 		goto bad;
 	m = kmalloc(sizeof(*m) + sizeof(m->mon_inst[0])*num_mon, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (m == NULL)