diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_nego.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_nego.c
index cd5018ff9cd78e2b8d547a559e5d0eebb8ff8283..72d9dec991c0b36e9c2b5a15c268877223615923 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_nego.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_nego.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int extract_param(
 	if (len < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (len > max_length) {
+	if (len >= max_length) {
 		pr_err("Length of input: %d exceeds max_length:"
 			" %d\n", len, max_length);
 		return -1;