diff --git a/src/util/virnuma.c b/src/util/virnuma.c
index 20f1e564b2b47de9a4332a88dbcaebb8ff131814..06520f78eb173214a62b13e91993784c2bb97cd4 100644
--- a/src/util/virnuma.c
+++ b/src/util/virnuma.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ virNumaNodeIsAvailable(int node)
         return false;
 
     /* Do we have anything better? */
-    return (node >= 0) && (node < max_node);
+    return (node >= 0) && (node <= max_node);
 }