diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 3377dff184042044547d42e9b123944a0ad7e96a..c69e6d43a0d2e863c3e2d6680731371e0d7ef284 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ struct simple_xattr *simple_xattr_alloc(const void *value, size_t size)
 
 	/* wrap around? */
 	len = sizeof(*new_xattr) + size;
-	if (len <= sizeof(*new_xattr))
+	if (len < sizeof(*new_xattr))
 		return NULL;
 
 	new_xattr = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);