diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 7b870174c56d24b4524073e9a1b47784effbdc86..2870feee81dd7a046703645c9ec50022d4339f39 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -4719,7 +4719,7 @@ static int perf_swevent_init(struct perf_event *event)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (event_id > PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX)
+	if (event_id >= PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	if (!event->parent) {