diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
index 9409d014b46c713de02df828cf9ad7ff726881e8..9c8f15da86ce8ad8f735815cb3c0f55ca10d7167 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static const char *intel_pt_err_msgs[] = {
 
 int intel_pt__strerror(int code, char *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
-	if (code < 1 || code > INTEL_PT_ERR_MAX)
+	if (code < 1 || code >= INTEL_PT_ERR_MAX)
 		code = INTEL_PT_ERR_UNK;
 	strlcpy(buf, intel_pt_err_msgs[code], buflen);
 	return 0;