diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
index c116f459945d62455843d4e9262971630dd45099..da4322e4daed5de4fb44f06d8cdb488bc41f6432 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ int ixgbe_ipsec_tx(struct ixgbe_ring *tx_ring,
 	}
 
 	itd->sa_idx = xs->xso.offload_handle - IXGBE_IPSEC_BASE_TX_INDEX;
-	if (unlikely(itd->sa_idx > IXGBE_IPSEC_MAX_SA_COUNT)) {
+	if (unlikely(itd->sa_idx >= IXGBE_IPSEC_MAX_SA_COUNT)) {
 		netdev_err(tx_ring->netdev, "%s: bad sa_idx=%d handle=%lu\n",
 			   __func__, itd->sa_idx, xs->xso.offload_handle);
 		return 0;