diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_hash.c b/net/netfilter/nft_hash.c
index ea658e6c53e35b8bb0d0ffde81039ff685ccc952..eea957989708af490e6fe9d99f7c3f743d1c861f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_hash.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_hash.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int nft_symhash_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	priv->dreg = nft_parse_register(tb[NFTA_HASH_DREG]);
 
 	priv->modulus = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_HASH_MODULUS]));
-	if (priv->modulus <= 1)
+	if (priv->modulus < 1)
 		return -ERANGE;
 
 	if (priv->offset + priv->modulus - 1 < priv->offset)