diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index f0fc3a0d37c829de62e3c136f37cdb7a835a11b7..dac975397253d5cbfae19652ef2fb3a82a84c54e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ static long gpio_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 		if (copy_from_user(&lineinfo, ip, sizeof(lineinfo)))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		if (lineinfo.line_offset > gdev->ngpio)
+		if (lineinfo.line_offset >= gdev->ngpio)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		desc = &gdev->descs[lineinfo.line_offset];