diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/early_printk.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/early_printk.c
index 6599a0027b76bb9ab3b390fe31e5ba0ae10ed124..81b506d5befd46e5a494d6cbef7aa71edceca7f1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/early_printk.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ early_efi_write(struct console *con, const char *str, unsigned int num)
 			efi_y += font->height;
 		}
 
-		if (efi_y + font->height >= si->lfb_height) {
+		if (efi_y + font->height > si->lfb_height) {
 			u32 i;
 
 			efi_y -= font->height;