diff --git a/fs/squashfs/block.c b/fs/squashfs/block.c
index 64f61330564acdb9b38995cfb8f02f2c040435e7..76bb1c846845e33737d428dcc26e4840fd4aeebe 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/block.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/block.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ int squashfs_read_data(struct super_block *sb, u64 index, int length,
 		/* Extract the length of the metadata block */
 		data = page_address(bvec->bv_page) + bvec->bv_offset;
 		length = data[offset];
-		if (offset <= bvec->bv_len - 1) {
+		if (offset < bvec->bv_len - 1) {
 			length |= data[offset + 1] << 8;
 		} else {
 			if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!bio_next_segment(bio, &iter_all))) {