diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index d79cf63d9c0f5c472311c753a46cd1cd3fc1c828..06a365918b93230ee82269a25c0f0d3e70f391a2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (err == 0)
 			err = err2;
 		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
-		if (!err && (o_group > EXT4_SB(sb)->s_groups_count) &&
+		if (!err && (o_group < EXT4_SB(sb)->s_groups_count) &&
 		    ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
 		    test_opt(sb, INIT_INODE_TABLE))
 			err = ext4_register_li_request(sb, o_group);